diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c b/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c
index efce32e97be24d694e8eb31183c029cd5bd41301..e2767e3b8cfd0e2989bb628344924d81999b0dea 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c
@@ -153,19 +153,10 @@ struct raw3270_request __init *raw3270_request_alloc_bootmem(size_t size)
 	struct raw3270_request *rq;
 
 	rq = alloc_bootmem_low(sizeof(struct raw3270));
-	if (!rq)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	memset(rq, 0, sizeof(struct raw3270_request));
 
 	/* alloc output buffer. */
-	if (size > 0) {
+	if (size > 0)
 		rq->buffer = alloc_bootmem_low(size);
-		if (!rq->buffer) {
-			free_bootmem((unsigned long) rq,
-				     sizeof(struct raw3270));
-			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		}
-	}
 	rq->size = size;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->list);
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_con.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_con.c
index ead1043d788ec3338525f83ed9655a8fec5c9072..23bb90a5ed29c0be3d58e101179aea6c7934062a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_con.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_con.c
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ sclp_console_init(void)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sclp_con_pages);
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_CONSOLE_PAGES; i++) {
 		page = alloc_bootmem_low_pages(PAGE_SIZE);
-		if (page == NULL)
-			return -ENOMEM;
 		list_add_tail((struct list_head *) page, &sclp_con_pages);
 	}
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sclp_con_outqueue);