diff --git a/fs/nfs/getroot.c b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
index 033803c36644289b449bcb568e79cdb256ccb1fd..44efaa8c5f78f38bda40753542740874b50c7155 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/getroot.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ struct dentry *nfs_get_root(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *mntfh,
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&ret->d_lock);
 out:
-	if (name)
-		kfree(name);
+	kfree(name);
 	nfs_free_fattr(fsinfo.fattr);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/unlink.c b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
index 13cea637eff82288f2f5508023a592e60db3fa7a..d26a32f5b53b451bafdd75b9ab0ac99e63c2f27f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/unlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
@@ -268,8 +268,7 @@ nfs_async_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	 * point dentry is definitely not a root, so we won't need
 	 * that anymore.
 	 */
-	if (devname_garbage)
-		kfree(devname_garbage);
+	kfree(devname_garbage);
 	return 0;
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);