diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index 7b0b57be86152217da98617120c24bd886ec3816..795a60ad18978451c2d5e19308fc9eaabd2ac5b3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -1659,8 +1659,7 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_create(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_fc_tl *tl,
 	set_nlink(inode, 1);
 	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(NULL, inode);
 out:
-	if (inode)
-		iput(inode);
+	iput(inode);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 5675d3b38032455418abc5d8587742f9920a690a..dfe5514035c175eb53a1a0f934941cd1ce466c3c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -3363,8 +3363,7 @@ static int ext4_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 	err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, &inode);
 	if (handle)
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-	if (inode)
-		iput(inode);
+	iput(inode);
 	goto out_free_encrypted_link;
 
 err_drop_inode: