diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 01e587a5dcb1db77660be27ef8d16bc4e893eed3..4282bdcacf96d6162b87cba73920194032f10229 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg,
 		goto failure;
 	fi->fib_metrics = ip_fib_metrics_init(fi->fib_net, cfg->fc_mx,
 					      cfg->fc_mx_len, extack);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(fi->fib_metrics))) {
+	if (IS_ERR(fi->fib_metrics)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(fi->fib_metrics);
 		kfree(fi);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
index 942265d65eb3741a6350ff685cba915538960ea5..af28f332ba89b6537e4a7510e0c24b1d27953a35 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ struct sock *__inet_lookup_listener(struct net *net,
 				    saddr, sport, htonl(INADDR_ANY), hnum,
 				    dif, sdif);
 done:
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(result)))
+	if (IS_ERR(result))
 		return NULL;
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index 8fb250ed53d486f26e08faf4a00dde4c11d26a2c..f40059b2a8a080fb1f7736a41b0eb8c7872f817f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ struct sock *__udp4_lib_lookup(struct net *net, __be32 saddr,
 					  htonl(INADDR_ANY), hnum, dif, sdif,
 					  exact_dif, hslot2, skb);
 	}
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(result)))
+	if (IS_ERR(result))
 		return NULL;
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c b/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
index 065334b41d575aa0ba28de8487a6a5d018ec8804..f1c46df279e8b4509bb86b1cb242393b479b20e7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__udp_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *gso_skb,
 		gso_skb->destructor = NULL;
 
 	segs = skb_segment(gso_skb, features);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(segs))) {
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(segs)) {
 		if (copy_dtor)
 			gso_skb->destructor = sock_wfree;
 		return segs;