diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index f221446aa02da4d60b32bbc7a8a53354e155c11d..220e0fd659fad483a686b194bf2f5f903c6b7fa2 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static void cgroup_call_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
 	for_each_subsys(cgrp->root, ss)
-		if (ss->pre_destroy && cgrp->subsys[ss->subsys_id])
+		if (ss->pre_destroy)
 			ss->pre_destroy(ss, cgrp);
 	return;
 }
@@ -610,10 +610,8 @@ static void cgroup_diput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 		/*
 		 * Release the subsystem state objects.
 		 */
-		for_each_subsys(cgrp->root, ss) {
-			if (cgrp->subsys[ss->subsys_id])
-				ss->destroy(ss, cgrp);
-		}
+		for_each_subsys(cgrp->root, ss)
+			ss->destroy(ss, cgrp);
 
 		cgrp->root->number_of_cgroups--;
 		mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
@@ -1445,7 +1443,7 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	struct cftype *cft = __d_cft(file->f_dentry);
 	struct cgroup *cgrp = __d_cgrp(file->f_dentry->d_parent);
 
-	if (!cft || cgroup_is_removed(cgrp))
+	if (cgroup_is_removed(cgrp))
 		return -ENODEV;
 	if (cft->write)
 		return cft->write(cgrp, cft, file, buf, nbytes, ppos);
@@ -1490,7 +1488,7 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	struct cftype *cft = __d_cft(file->f_dentry);
 	struct cgroup *cgrp = __d_cgrp(file->f_dentry->d_parent);
 
-	if (!cft || cgroup_is_removed(cgrp))
+	if (cgroup_is_removed(cgrp))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (cft->read)
@@ -1554,10 +1552,8 @@ static int cgroup_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	err = generic_file_open(inode, file);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
-
 	cft = __d_cft(file->f_dentry);
-	if (!cft)
-		return -ENODEV;
+
 	if (cft->read_map || cft->read_seq_string) {
 		struct cgroup_seqfile_state *state =
 			kzalloc(sizeof(*state), GFP_USER);
@@ -2463,8 +2459,6 @@ static int cgroup_rmdir(struct inode *unused_dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct cgroup *cgrp = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct dentry *d;
 	struct cgroup *parent;
-	struct super_block *sb;
-	struct cgroupfs_root *root;
 
 	/* the vfs holds both inode->i_mutex already */
 
@@ -2487,8 +2481,6 @@ static int cgroup_rmdir(struct inode *unused_dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
 	parent = cgrp->parent;
-	root = cgrp->root;
-	sb = root->sb;
 
 	if (atomic_read(&cgrp->count)
 	    || !list_empty(&cgrp->children)
@@ -2937,7 +2929,7 @@ int cgroup_clone(struct task_struct *tsk, struct cgroup_subsys *subsys,
 	}
 
 	/* Create the cgroup directory, which also creates the cgroup */
-	ret = vfs_mkdir(inode, dentry, S_IFDIR | 0755);
+	ret = vfs_mkdir(inode, dentry, 0755);
 	child = __d_cgrp(dentry);
 	dput(dentry);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -2947,13 +2939,6 @@ int cgroup_clone(struct task_struct *tsk, struct cgroup_subsys *subsys,
 		goto out_release;
 	}
 
-	if (!child) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO
-		       "Couldn't find new cgroup %s\n", nodename);
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out_release;
-	}
-
 	/* The cgroup now exists. Retake cgroup_mutex and check
 	 * that we're still in the same state that we thought we
 	 * were. */