diff --git a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayoutdev.c
index 9bb806a76d9941daeb3af04609dfb0065255810c..bfecac781f199329f0f055b64c3a65ee5ef404e8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayoutdev.c
@@ -204,8 +204,7 @@ destroy_ds(struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *ds)
 	ifdebug(FACILITY)
 		print_ds(ds);
 
-	if (ds->ds_clp)
-		nfs_put_client(ds->ds_clp);
+	nfs_put_client(ds->ds_clp);
 
 	while (!list_empty(&ds->ds_addrs)) {
 		da = list_first_entry(&ds->ds_addrs,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
index ffdb28d86cf81636e22d6e2899a677fc967772d2..5f07a0ed9188efbddd6e57cecf64cddb6fc4b1c4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
@@ -498,8 +498,7 @@ int nfs40_walk_client_list(struct nfs_client *new,
 			atomic_inc(&pos->cl_count);
 			spin_unlock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
 
-			if (prev)
-				nfs_put_client(prev);
+			nfs_put_client(prev);
 			prev = pos;
 
 			status = nfs_wait_client_init_complete(pos);
@@ -517,8 +516,7 @@ int nfs40_walk_client_list(struct nfs_client *new,
 		atomic_inc(&pos->cl_count);
 		spin_unlock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
 
-		if (prev)
-			nfs_put_client(prev);
+		nfs_put_client(prev);
 		prev = pos;
 
 		status = nfs4_proc_setclientid_confirm(pos, &clid, cred);
@@ -549,8 +547,7 @@ int nfs40_walk_client_list(struct nfs_client *new,
 
 	/* No match found. The server lost our clientid */
 out:
-	if (prev)
-		nfs_put_client(prev);
+	nfs_put_client(prev);
 	dprintk("NFS: <-- %s status = %d\n", __func__, status);
 	return status;
 }
@@ -641,8 +638,7 @@ int nfs41_walk_client_list(struct nfs_client *new,
 			atomic_inc(&pos->cl_count);
 			spin_unlock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
 
-			if (prev)
-				nfs_put_client(prev);
+			nfs_put_client(prev);
 			prev = pos;
 
 			status = nfs_wait_client_init_complete(pos);
@@ -675,8 +671,7 @@ int nfs41_walk_client_list(struct nfs_client *new,
 	/* No matching nfs_client found. */
 	spin_unlock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
 	dprintk("NFS: <-- %s status = %d\n", __func__, status);
-	if (prev)
-		nfs_put_client(prev);
+	nfs_put_client(prev);
 	return status;
 }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */