diff --git a/net/802/p8023.c b/net/802/p8023.c
index 6368d3dce444489ea41e654067aa92c012c0b924..d23e906456eb373ccbbd5ead89270ff198ceaf2e 100644
--- a/net/802/p8023.c
+++ b/net/802/p8023.c
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ struct datalink_proto *make_8023_client(void)
  */
 void destroy_8023_client(struct datalink_proto *dl)
 {
-	if (dl)
-		kfree(dl);
+	kfree(dl);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(destroy_8023_client);
diff --git a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
index 8e37e71e34ff1929aef5a8b8efb2ef362dec6b54..1b683f302657d376f438b8f9ea68805bdd14118c 100644
--- a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
+++ b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
@@ -1138,10 +1138,8 @@ static int ax25_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 	sk->sk_state   = TCP_CLOSE;
 	sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
 
-	if (ax25->digipeat != NULL) {
-		kfree(ax25->digipeat);
-		ax25->digipeat = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(ax25->digipeat);
+	ax25->digipeat = NULL;
 
 	/*
 	 *	Handle digi-peaters to be used.
diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_in.c b/net/ax25/ax25_in.c
index 73cfc3411c461d50d7dbb7d718dd3e2315d26428..4cf87540fb3abd79df222319a9c79e3dc09f2e3d 100644
--- a/net/ax25/ax25_in.c
+++ b/net/ax25/ax25_in.c
@@ -401,10 +401,8 @@ static int ax25_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	if (dp.ndigi == 0) {
-		if (ax25->digipeat != NULL) {
-			kfree(ax25->digipeat);
-			ax25->digipeat = NULL;
-		}
+		kfree(ax25->digipeat);
+		ax25->digipeat = NULL;
 	} else {
 		/* Reverse the source SABM's path */
 		memcpy(ax25->digipeat, &reverse_dp, sizeof(ax25_digi));
diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_route.c b/net/ax25/ax25_route.c
index 26b77d9722201232d7adfcb2bb27dcc3fb90e246..b1e945bd6ed3d0f22e1a306303ad32ca4a471cc6 100644
--- a/net/ax25/ax25_route.c
+++ b/net/ax25/ax25_route.c
@@ -54,15 +54,13 @@ void ax25_rt_device_down(struct net_device *dev)
 		if (s->dev == dev) {
 			if (ax25_route_list == s) {
 				ax25_route_list = s->next;
-				if (s->digipeat != NULL)
-					kfree(s->digipeat);
+				kfree(s->digipeat);
 				kfree(s);
 			} else {
 				for (t = ax25_route_list; t != NULL; t = t->next) {
 					if (t->next == s) {
 						t->next = s->next;
-						if (s->digipeat != NULL)
-							kfree(s->digipeat);
+						kfree(s->digipeat);
 						kfree(s);
 						break;
 					}
@@ -90,10 +88,8 @@ static int ax25_rt_add(struct ax25_routes_struct *route)
 	while (ax25_rt != NULL) {
 		if (ax25cmp(&ax25_rt->callsign, &route->dest_addr) == 0 &&
 		            ax25_rt->dev == ax25_dev->dev) {
-			if (ax25_rt->digipeat != NULL) {
-				kfree(ax25_rt->digipeat);
-				ax25_rt->digipeat = NULL;
-			}
+			kfree(ax25_rt->digipeat);
+			ax25_rt->digipeat = NULL;
 			if (route->digi_count != 0) {
 				if ((ax25_rt->digipeat = kmalloc(sizeof(ax25_digi), GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL) {
 					write_unlock(&ax25_route_lock);
@@ -145,8 +141,7 @@ static int ax25_rt_add(struct ax25_routes_struct *route)
 static void ax25_rt_destroy(ax25_route *ax25_rt)
 {
 	if (atomic_read(&ax25_rt->ref) == 0) {
-		if (ax25_rt->digipeat != NULL)
-			kfree(ax25_rt->digipeat);
+		kfree(ax25_rt->digipeat);
 		kfree(ax25_rt);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -530,9 +525,7 @@ void __exit ax25_rt_free(void)
 		s       = ax25_rt;
 		ax25_rt = ax25_rt->next;
 
-		if (s->digipeat != NULL)
-			kfree(s->digipeat);
-
+		kfree(s->digipeat);
 		kfree(s);
 	}
 	write_unlock(&ax25_route_lock);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c b/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
index 860444a7fc0f8e1e014f063721ecdc221a365304..cdb9cfafd960b5c45730b933f0515e1b79f1bfd4 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
@@ -660,9 +660,7 @@ int hidp_add_connection(struct hidp_connadd_req *req, struct socket *ctrl_sock,
 failed:
 	up_write(&hidp_session_sem);
 
-	if (session->input)
-		kfree(session->input);
-
+	kfree(session->input);
 	kfree(session);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/net/core/dev_mcast.c b/net/core/dev_mcast.c
index db098ff3cd6a7509b58cec0b45da50e6cf76673e..cb530eef0e3990f2f3fce1076b2660b5109555b7 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_mcast.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_mcast.c
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ int dev_mc_add(struct net_device *dev, void *addr, int alen, int glbl)
 
 done:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&dev->xmit_lock);
-	if (dmi1)
-		kfree(dmi1);
+	kfree(dmi1);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 9602ceb3bac9a2d33eec5ce1bc0cb8a55340203b..13cc3be4f056fb92f86cd660b6dcd29ba88ed30d 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1242,8 +1242,7 @@ static void sock_def_write_space(struct sock *sk)
 
 static void sock_def_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	if (sk->sk_protinfo)
-		kfree(sk->sk_protinfo);
+	kfree(sk->sk_protinfo);
 }
 
 void sk_send_sigurg(struct sock *sk)
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv4.c b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
index 4b9bc81ae1a3a35c6fe91a1c4cea05678c2e0781..ca03521112c52bfa4e279b351aee54c980105e71 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv4.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
@@ -1263,10 +1263,8 @@ static int dccp_v4_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk)
 	if (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_bind_hash != NULL)
 		inet_put_port(&dccp_hashinfo, sk);
 
-	if (dp->dccps_service_list != NULL) {
-		kfree(dp->dccps_service_list);
-		dp->dccps_service_list = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(dp->dccps_service_list);
+	dp->dccps_service_list = NULL;
 
 	ccid_hc_rx_exit(dp->dccps_hc_rx_ccid, sk);
 	ccid_hc_tx_exit(dp->dccps_hc_tx_ccid, sk);
diff --git a/net/dccp/proto.c b/net/dccp/proto.c
index a021c3422f6773d3d5643e9b7e9ccdc475511951..e0ace7cbb9960cc5d145304b7ce8bf8a8a5de2a2 100644
--- a/net/dccp/proto.c
+++ b/net/dccp/proto.c
@@ -238,8 +238,7 @@ static int dccp_setsockopt_service(struct sock *sk, const u32 service,
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	dp->dccps_service = service;
 
-	if (dp->dccps_service_list != NULL)
-		kfree(dp->dccps_service_list);
+	kfree(dp->dccps_service_list);
 
 	dp->dccps_service_list = sl;
 	release_sock(sk);
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_table.c b/net/decnet/dn_table.c
index eeba56f99323b0cf82131b0fa3f6c9614dc2927e..6f8b5658cb4e9caf0c9d84438f02dcdd37348b66 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_table.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_table.c
@@ -784,16 +784,14 @@ struct dn_fib_table *dn_fib_get_table(int n, int create)
 
 static void dn_fib_del_tree(int n)
 {
-        struct dn_fib_table *t;
+	struct dn_fib_table *t;
 
-        write_lock(&dn_fib_tables_lock);
-        t = dn_fib_tables[n];
-        dn_fib_tables[n] = NULL;
-        write_unlock(&dn_fib_tables_lock);
+	write_lock(&dn_fib_tables_lock);
+	t = dn_fib_tables[n];
+	dn_fib_tables[n] = NULL;
+	write_unlock(&dn_fib_tables_lock);
 
-        if (t) {
-                kfree(t);
-        }
+	kfree(t);
 }
 
 struct dn_fib_table *dn_fib_empty_table(void)
diff --git a/net/ethernet/pe2.c b/net/ethernet/pe2.c
index 98a494be6039452700e39a227fcf7a23d69ab3f6..9d57b4fb6440c74532856b9fc4160821aa19d2b8 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/pe2.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/pe2.c
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ struct datalink_proto *make_EII_client(void)
 
 void destroy_EII_client(struct datalink_proto *dl)
 {
-	if (dl)
-		kfree(dl);
+	kfree(dl);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(destroy_EII_client);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index a9d84f93442c9560a8e7050a60292876b09bd508..eaa150c33b0403204fa22224d6434e5c45f7695c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ void inet_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 	BUG_TRAP(!sk->sk_wmem_queued);
 	BUG_TRAP(!sk->sk_forward_alloc);
 
-	if (inet->opt)
-		kfree(inet->opt);
+	kfree(inet->opt);
 	dst_release(sk->sk_dst_cache);
 	sk_refcnt_debug_dec(sk);
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 990633c09dfe4ccdf345d06281880117b57c7906..2267c1fad879f6d047d86a52d572b270d3af5af0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -266,8 +266,7 @@ int ip_rt_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
 				if (tb)
 					err = tb->tb_insert(tb, &req.rtm, &rta, &req.nlh, NULL);
 			}
-			if (rta.rta_mx)
-				kfree(rta.rta_mx);
+			kfree(rta.rta_mx);
 		}
 		rtnl_unlock();
 		return err;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_options.c b/net/ipv4/ip_options.c
index bce4e875193be1d596c4c607ab42e9e1f966513f..dbe12da8d8b3960fe7dc796de97eae2546e1528d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_options.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_options.c
@@ -510,8 +510,7 @@ static int ip_options_get_finish(struct ip_options **optp,
 		kfree(opt);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	if (*optp)
-		kfree(*optp);
+	kfree(*optp);
 	*optp = opt;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 17758234a3e351e4787824bf1e1cda3dc72dfded..df7f20da422d95e950fc79262440b5c59034c2dd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -1262,10 +1262,8 @@ int ip_push_pending_frames(struct sock *sk)
 
 out:
 	inet->cork.flags &= ~IPCORK_OPT;
-	if (inet->cork.opt) {
-		kfree(inet->cork.opt);
-		inet->cork.opt = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(inet->cork.opt);
+	inet->cork.opt = NULL;
 	if (inet->cork.rt) {
 		ip_rt_put(inet->cork.rt);
 		inet->cork.rt = NULL;
@@ -1289,10 +1287,8 @@ void ip_flush_pending_frames(struct sock *sk)
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 
 	inet->cork.flags &= ~IPCORK_OPT;
-	if (inet->cork.opt) {
-		kfree(inet->cork.opt);
-		inet->cork.opt = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(inet->cork.opt);
+	inet->cork.opt = NULL;
 	if (inet->cork.rt) {
 		ip_rt_put(inet->cork.rt);
 		inet->cork.rt = NULL;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
index 2f0b47da5b37e3b3c0c44235355e704958cba8a3..4f2d8725730958f498b3d319c9e3dca68cd50722 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
@@ -202,8 +202,7 @@ int ip_ra_control(struct sock *sk, unsigned char on, void (*destructor)(struct s
 		if (ra->sk == sk) {
 			if (on) {
 				write_unlock_bh(&ip_ra_lock);
-				if (new_ra)
-					kfree(new_ra);
+				kfree(new_ra);
 				return -EADDRINUSE;
 			}
 			*rap = ra->next;
@@ -446,8 +445,7 @@ int ip_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname, char __user *optval,
 #endif
 			}
 			opt = xchg(&inet->opt, opt);
-			if (opt)
-				kfree(opt);
+			kfree(opt);
 			break;
 		}
 		case IP_PKTINFO:
@@ -828,10 +826,8 @@ int ip_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname, char __user *optval,
 
 			err = ip_mc_msfilter(sk, msf, ifindex);
 mc_msf_out:
-			if (msf)
-				kfree(msf);
-			if (gsf)
-				kfree(gsf);
+			kfree(msf);
+			kfree(gsf);
 			break;
 		}
 		case IP_ROUTER_ALERT:	
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_app.c b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_app.c
index fc6f95aaa96976e27c14d733e09f03888ea31592..d7eb680101c25311233b9195faedca1aa17d812b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_app.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_app.c
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ ip_vs_app_inc_new(struct ip_vs_app *app, __u16 proto, __u16 port)
 	return 0;
 
   out:
-	if (inc->timeout_table)
-		kfree(inc->timeout_table);
+	kfree(inc->timeout_table);
 	kfree(inc);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -136,8 +135,7 @@ ip_vs_app_inc_release(struct ip_vs_app *inc)
 
 	list_del(&inc->a_list);
 
-	if (inc->timeout_table != NULL)
-		kfree(inc->timeout_table);
+	kfree(inc->timeout_table);
 	kfree(inc);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/multipath_wrandom.c b/net/ipv4/multipath_wrandom.c
index bd7d75b6abe0a6a7e1ed63d78b5d18becf3eb961..d34a9fa608e0b88dec20adaa567100a5b63c4ee0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/multipath_wrandom.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/multipath_wrandom.c
@@ -207,16 +207,12 @@ static void wrandom_select_route(const struct flowi *flp,
 			decision = mpc->rt;
 
 		last_power = mpc->power;
-		if (last_mpc)
-			kfree(last_mpc);
-
+		kfree(last_mpc);
 		last_mpc = mpc;
 	}
 
-	if (last_mpc) {
-		/* concurrent __multipath_flush may lead to !last_mpc */
-		kfree(last_mpc);
-	}
+	/* concurrent __multipath_flush may lead to !last_mpc */
+	kfree(last_mpc);
 
 	decision->u.dst.__use++;
 	*rp = decision;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_snmp_basic.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_snmp_basic.c
index 93b2c5111bb2338b15f765ed604866d4a860310b..8acb7ed40b47f7c5e25adae81f774601ffaa15ba 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_snmp_basic.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_snmp_basic.c
@@ -1161,8 +1161,7 @@ static int snmp_parse_mangle(unsigned char *msg,
 		
 		if (!snmp_object_decode(&ctx, obj)) {
 			if (*obj) {
-				if ((*obj)->id)
-					kfree((*obj)->id);
+				kfree((*obj)->id);
 				kfree(*obj);
 			}	
 			kfree(obj);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 49d67cd75eddcf07a79946c8204fa1265cbca498..634dabb558fd6f5942e709c99846f83985db8b41 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -823,8 +823,7 @@ static int tcp_v4_send_synack(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req,
  */
 static void tcp_v4_reqsk_destructor(struct request_sock *req)
 {
-	if (inet_rsk(req)->opt)
-		kfree(inet_rsk(req)->opt);
+	kfree(inet_rsk(req)->opt);
 }
 
 static inline void syn_flood_warning(struct sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index a34d1504deb9b901d5f002b69bdee761147b7d5d..b7a5f51238b3958f88bc18adfac17704d3aa0bf7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3090,8 +3090,7 @@ static int inet6_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_dev *idev,
 
 nlmsg_failure:
 rtattr_failure:
-	if (array)
-		kfree(array);
+	kfree(array);
 	skb_trim(skb, b - skb->data);
 	return -1;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 614296a920c6ab189b58607726eea55bee4d0426..dbd9767b32e45ee3373e94ae20afee2b5449a83c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -587,8 +587,7 @@ static int ip6_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*output)(struct sk_buff *))
 			skb->next = NULL;
 		}
 
-		if (tmp_hdr)
-			kfree(tmp_hdr);
+		kfree(tmp_hdr);
 
 		if (err == 0) {
 			IP6_INC_STATS(IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGOKS);
@@ -1186,10 +1185,8 @@ int ip6_push_pending_frames(struct sock *sk)
 
 out:
 	inet->cork.flags &= ~IPCORK_OPT;
-	if (np->cork.opt) {
-		kfree(np->cork.opt);
-		np->cork.opt = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(np->cork.opt);
+	np->cork.opt = NULL;
 	if (np->cork.rt) {
 		dst_release(&np->cork.rt->u.dst);
 		np->cork.rt = NULL;
@@ -1214,10 +1211,8 @@ void ip6_flush_pending_frames(struct sock *sk)
 
 	inet->cork.flags &= ~IPCORK_OPT;
 
-	if (np->cork.opt) {
-		kfree(np->cork.opt);
-		np->cork.opt = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(np->cork.opt);
+	np->cork.opt = NULL;
 	if (np->cork.rt) {
 		dst_release(&np->cork.rt->u.dst);
 		np->cork.rt = NULL;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index cf94372d1af39980b108f3161fd8d94837e0f94c..e6b0e3954c02be114b6bba4f2e14007ff069d1db 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -756,8 +756,7 @@ ip6ip6_tnl_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 	ip6_tnl_dst_store(t, dst);
 
-	if (opt)
-		kfree(opt);
+	kfree(opt);
 
 	t->recursion--;
 	return 0;
@@ -766,8 +765,7 @@ ip6ip6_tnl_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	dst_link_failure(skb);
 tx_err_dst_release:
 	dst_release(dst);
-	if (opt)
-		kfree(opt);
+	kfree(opt);
 tx_err:
 	stats->tx_errors++;
 	stats->tx_dropped++;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipcomp6.c b/net/ipv6/ipcomp6.c
index 85bfbc69b2c3dc716618f6e528dfcb63658e96b5..55917fb170949cfdcd5dd427dc8baf7201c14a17 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipcomp6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipcomp6.c
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ static int ipcomp6_input(struct xfrm_state *x, struct xfrm_decap_state *decap, s
 out_put_cpu:
 	put_cpu();
 out:
-	if (tmp_hdr)
-		kfree(tmp_hdr);
+	kfree(tmp_hdr);
 	if (err)
 		goto error_out;
 	return nexthdr;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index 8567873d0dd85fabd972537eccce7d79d8107611..003fd99ff597d6f4332008c90f6bdcb2b9e80493 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ int ip6_ra_control(struct sock *sk, int sel, void (*destructor)(struct sock *))
 		if (ra->sk == sk) {
 			if (sel>=0) {
 				write_unlock_bh(&ip6_ra_lock);
-				if (new_ra)
-					kfree(new_ra);
+				kfree(new_ra);
 				return -EADDRINUSE;
 			}
 
diff --git a/net/irda/discovery.c b/net/irda/discovery.c
index c4ba5fa1446a47da6ba85981cc8c4a7e693e73ad..3fefc822c1c087c2cebd4baadb646ef771442784 100644
--- a/net/irda/discovery.c
+++ b/net/irda/discovery.c
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ void irlmp_expire_discoveries(hashbin_t *log, __u32 saddr, int force)
 
 			/* Remove it from the log */
 			curr = hashbin_remove_this(log, (irda_queue_t *) curr);
-			if (curr)
-				kfree(curr);
+			kfree(curr);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/irda/irias_object.c b/net/irda/irias_object.c
index 6fec428b45123df937bff9b6bc177a24fa793d41..75f2666e863056d7255875285c5188fee69042cd 100644
--- a/net/irda/irias_object.c
+++ b/net/irda/irias_object.c
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ static void __irias_delete_attrib(struct ias_attrib *attrib)
 	IRDA_ASSERT(attrib != NULL, return;);
 	IRDA_ASSERT(attrib->magic == IAS_ATTRIB_MAGIC, return;);
 
-	if (attrib->name)
-		kfree(attrib->name);
+	kfree(attrib->name);
 
 	irias_delete_value(attrib->value);
 	attrib->magic = ~IAS_ATTRIB_MAGIC;
@@ -136,8 +135,7 @@ void __irias_delete_object(struct ias_object *obj)
 	IRDA_ASSERT(obj != NULL, return;);
 	IRDA_ASSERT(obj->magic == IAS_OBJECT_MAGIC, return;);
 
-	if (obj->name)
-		kfree(obj->name);
+	kfree(obj->name);
 
 	hashbin_delete(obj->attribs, (FREE_FUNC) __irias_delete_attrib);
 
@@ -562,14 +560,12 @@ void irias_delete_value(struct ias_value *value)
 		/* No need to deallocate */
 		break;
 	case IAS_STRING:
-		/* If string, deallocate string */
-		if (value->t.string != NULL)
-			kfree(value->t.string);
+		/* Deallocate string */
+		kfree(value->t.string);
 		break;
 	case IAS_OCT_SEQ:
-		/* If byte stream, deallocate byte stream */
-		 if (value->t.oct_seq != NULL)
-			 kfree(value->t.oct_seq);
+		/* Deallocate byte stream */
+		 kfree(value->t.oct_seq);
 		 break;
 	default:
 		IRDA_DEBUG(0, "%s(), Unknown value type!\n", __FUNCTION__);
diff --git a/net/rose/rose_route.c b/net/rose/rose_route.c
index b18fe504301944d8514816df8d6eb90f715b048d..8631b65a7312c830d35e4d843163024432bac54e 100644
--- a/net/rose/rose_route.c
+++ b/net/rose/rose_route.c
@@ -240,8 +240,7 @@ static void rose_remove_neigh(struct rose_neigh *rose_neigh)
 	if ((s = rose_neigh_list) == rose_neigh) {
 		rose_neigh_list = rose_neigh->next;
 		spin_unlock_bh(&rose_neigh_list_lock);
-		if (rose_neigh->digipeat != NULL)
-			kfree(rose_neigh->digipeat);
+		kfree(rose_neigh->digipeat);
 		kfree(rose_neigh);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -250,8 +249,7 @@ static void rose_remove_neigh(struct rose_neigh *rose_neigh)
 		if (s->next == rose_neigh) {
 			s->next = rose_neigh->next;
 			spin_unlock_bh(&rose_neigh_list_lock);
-			if (rose_neigh->digipeat != NULL)
-				kfree(rose_neigh->digipeat);
+			kfree(rose_neigh->digipeat);
 			kfree(rose_neigh);
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_fw.c b/net/sched/cls_fw.c
index 29d8b9a4d162f2aa72b38f3df3f68e9f1ffe625e..75470486e4050edb23e4db439a3228adfbfc170e 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_fw.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_fw.c
@@ -298,8 +298,7 @@ static int fw_change(struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 	return 0;
 
 errout:
-	if (f)
-		kfree(f);
+	kfree(f);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_route.c b/net/sched/cls_route.c
index 02996ac05c75d11b738649fd3069abeb17b82bdd..520ff716dab2f0d744845747366f320dd83f9434 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_route.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_route.c
@@ -525,8 +525,7 @@ static int route4_change(struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 	return 0;
 
 errout:
-	if (f)
-		kfree(f);
+	kfree(f);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_rsvp.h b/net/sched/cls_rsvp.h
index 006168d6937654d7ece5493fad1b96cad9e0806b..572f06be3b02a181447c1e125056a833687ef017 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_rsvp.h
+++ b/net/sched/cls_rsvp.h
@@ -555,8 +555,7 @@ static int rsvp_change(struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 	goto insert;
 
 errout:
-	if (f)
-		kfree(f);
+	kfree(f);
 errout2:
 	tcf_exts_destroy(tp, &e);
 	return err;
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
index 404d9d83a7fab040efab32341db2732b31626cf9..9f921174c8ab39d33e9544c9b78051b3b8a12cdf 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ __tcindex_delete(struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long arg, int lock)
 	}
 	tcf_unbind_filter(tp, &r->res);
 	tcf_exts_destroy(tp, &r->exts);
-	if (f)
-		kfree(f);
+	kfree(f);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -442,10 +441,8 @@ static void tcindex_destroy(struct tcf_proto *tp)
 	walker.skip = 0;
 	walker.fn = &tcindex_destroy_element;
 	tcindex_walk(tp,&walker);
-	if (p->perfect)
-		kfree(p->perfect);
-	if (p->h)
-		kfree(p->h);
+	kfree(p->perfect);
+	kfree(p->h);
 	kfree(p);
 	tp->root = NULL;
 }
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_u32.c b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
index 364b87d86455dc8671d17d8fbeceb4ae9d1d51e8..2b670479dde1d68ea192e641dbe69ffb754bf9f4 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_u32.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static int u32_destroy_key(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct tc_u_knode *n)
 	if (n->ht_down)
 		n->ht_down->refcnt--;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CLS_U32_PERF
-	if (n && (NULL != n->pf))
+	if (n)
 		kfree(n->pf);
 #endif
 	kfree(n);
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ static int u32_change(struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base, u32 handle,
 		return 0;
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_CLS_U32_PERF
-	if (n && (NULL != n->pf))
+	if (n)
 		kfree(n->pf);
 #endif
 	kfree(n);
diff --git a/net/sched/em_meta.c b/net/sched/em_meta.c
index cf68a59fdc5a4d4d6ac2bfbd5b63f99cd4574cee..700844d49d795d36acffd22815b5fb4f15ec3ce9 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_meta.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_meta.c
@@ -561,8 +561,7 @@ static int meta_var_change(struct meta_value *dst, struct rtattr *rta)
 
 static void meta_var_destroy(struct meta_value *v)
 {
-	if (v->val)
-		kfree((void *) v->val);
+	kfree((void *) v->val);
 }
 
 static void meta_var_apply_extras(struct meta_value *v,
diff --git a/net/sctp/associola.c b/net/sctp/associola.c
index 12b0f582a66b29707941da349b3f63582e5c0407..8c8ddf7f9b61c7c9ca7a804f8cbf8101fc151aa9 100644
--- a/net/sctp/associola.c
+++ b/net/sctp/associola.c
@@ -344,9 +344,7 @@ void sctp_association_free(struct sctp_association *asoc)
 	}
 
 	/* Free peer's cached cookie. */
-	if (asoc->peer.cookie) {
-		kfree(asoc->peer.cookie);
-	}
+	kfree(asoc->peer.cookie);
 
 	/* Release the transport structures. */
 	list_for_each_safe(pos, temp, &asoc->peer.transport_addr_list) {
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 660c61bdf16423c883dff5291fd60e2067b552d9..f9573eba5c7aa2f5507c12c0ff55a75e0e700490 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ struct sctp_chunk *sctp_make_init(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
 	aiparam.adaption_ind = htonl(sp->adaption_ind);
 	sctp_addto_chunk(retval, sizeof(aiparam), &aiparam);
 nodata:
-	if (addrs.v)
-		kfree(addrs.v);
+	kfree(addrs.v);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -347,8 +346,7 @@ struct sctp_chunk *sctp_make_init_ack(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
 nomem_chunk:
 	kfree(cookie);
 nomem_cookie:
-	if (addrs.v)
-		kfree(addrs.v);
+	kfree(addrs.v);
 	return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c
index 13f8ae9794542d436f82274bff2e38c0a7724f18..d0dfdfd5e79efa926140d23e10ecba89e16cc381 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c
@@ -143,6 +143,6 @@ gss_get_mic_kerberos(struct gss_ctx *gss_ctx, struct xdr_buf *text,
 
 	return ((ctx->endtime < now) ? GSS_S_CONTEXT_EXPIRED : GSS_S_COMPLETE);
 out_err:
-	if (md5cksum.data) kfree(md5cksum.data);
+	kfree(md5cksum.data);
 	return GSS_S_FAILURE;
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_unseal.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_unseal.c
index 2030475d98ed26b22632a6dc6f01068ef6f92947..db055fd7d7789c22ef62e4e8faab7ebac7cafebd 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_unseal.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_unseal.c
@@ -176,6 +176,6 @@ gss_verify_mic_kerberos(struct gss_ctx *gss_ctx,
 
 	ret = GSS_S_COMPLETE;
 out:
-	if (md5cksum.data) kfree(md5cksum.data);
+	kfree(md5cksum.data);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
index b048bf672da2bbffbe35953b3e47a57b7e2383d3..f8bac6ccd524008a669c4e603d8526b9dabb006b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ gss_mech_free(struct gss_api_mech *gm)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < gm->gm_pf_num; i++) {
 		pf = &gm->gm_pfs[i];
-		if (pf->auth_domain_name)
-			kfree(pf->auth_domain_name);
+		kfree(pf->auth_domain_name);
 		pf->auth_domain_name = NULL;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_seal.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_seal.c
index 148201e929d08de77ca44f6b6dfbe8da20ab7e04..d1e12b25d6e21f2b4e205c49b3ddd0d0fb7580b6 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_seal.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_seal.c
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ spkm3_make_token(struct spkm3_ctx *ctx,
 
 	return  GSS_S_COMPLETE;
 out_err:
-	if (md5cksum.data) 
-		kfree(md5cksum.data);
+	kfree(md5cksum.data);
 	token->data = NULL;
 	token->len = 0;
 	return GSS_S_FAILURE;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_token.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_token.c
index 46c08a0710f62e147f0a4c6b4e6502be5a89ebbd..1f824578d773691c17c67daa6f76e9096730a789 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_token.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_token.c
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ spkm3_verify_mic_token(unsigned char **tokp, int *mic_hdrlen, unsigned char **ck
 
 	ret = GSS_S_COMPLETE;
 out:
-	if (spkm3_ctx_id.data)
-		kfree(spkm3_ctx_id.data);
+	kfree(spkm3_ctx_id.data);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_unseal.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_unseal.c
index c3c0d95861039958305e89f437174b8c3bc13272..241d5b30dfcbcfb851093856f88b79698da35a81 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_unseal.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_spkm3_unseal.c
@@ -120,9 +120,7 @@ spkm3_read_token(struct spkm3_ctx *ctx,
 	/* XXX: need to add expiration and sequencing */
 	ret = GSS_S_COMPLETE;
 out:
-	if (md5cksum.data) 
-		kfree(md5cksum.data);
-	if (wire_cksum.data) 
-		kfree(wire_cksum.data);
+	kfree(md5cksum.data);
+	kfree(wire_cksum.data);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 5a220b2bb376f4669ecf4d267d1fa261d0b5b847..e4296c8b861eba85fead5bf1d839aa212e59ac7c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -196,12 +196,9 @@ svc_exit_thread(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	struct svc_serv	*serv = rqstp->rq_server;
 
 	svc_release_buffer(rqstp);
-	if (rqstp->rq_resp)
-		kfree(rqstp->rq_resp);
-	if (rqstp->rq_argp)
-		kfree(rqstp->rq_argp);
-	if (rqstp->rq_auth_data)
-		kfree(rqstp->rq_auth_data);
+	kfree(rqstp->rq_resp);
+	kfree(rqstp->rq_argp);
+	kfree(rqstp->rq_auth_data);
 	kfree(rqstp);
 
 	/* Release the server */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
index 32df43372ee97cc277ed54d058f77667c8985160..aaf08cdd19f09fad9b9a36e7cdd8041606dbfd6e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
@@ -992,8 +992,7 @@ xdr_xcode_array2(struct xdr_buf *buf, unsigned int base,
 	err = 0;
 
 out:
-	if (elem)
-		kfree(elem);
+	kfree(elem);
 	if (ppages)
 		kunmap(*ppages);
 	return err;
diff --git a/net/wanrouter/af_wanpipe.c b/net/wanrouter/af_wanpipe.c
index 596cb96e5f471227c348ce214d46dce63f5cf4a7..59fec59b2132df1ab43e782d2a469a84bf373dd0 100644
--- a/net/wanrouter/af_wanpipe.c
+++ b/net/wanrouter/af_wanpipe.c
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ static void release_driver(struct sock *sk)
 	sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
 	wp = wp_sk(sk);
 
-	if (wp && wp->mbox) {
+	if (wp) {
 		kfree(wp->mbox);
 		wp->mbox = NULL;
 	}
@@ -1186,10 +1186,8 @@ static void wanpipe_kill_sock_timer (unsigned long data)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (wp_sk(sk)) {
-		kfree(wp_sk(sk));
-		wp_sk(sk) = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(wp_sk(sk));
+	wp_sk(sk) = NULL;
 
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_refcnt) != 1) {
 		atomic_set(&sk->sk_refcnt, 1);
@@ -1219,10 +1217,8 @@ static void wanpipe_kill_sock_accept (struct sock *sk)
 	sk->sk_socket = NULL;
 
 
-	if (wp_sk(sk)) {
-		kfree(wp_sk(sk));
-		wp_sk(sk) = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(wp_sk(sk));
+	wp_sk(sk) = NULL;
 
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_refcnt) != 1) {
 		atomic_set(&sk->sk_refcnt, 1);
@@ -1243,10 +1239,8 @@ static void wanpipe_kill_sock_irq (struct sock *sk)
 
 	sk->sk_socket = NULL;
 
-	if (wp_sk(sk)) {
-		kfree(wp_sk(sk));
-		wp_sk(sk) = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(wp_sk(sk));
+	wp_sk(sk) = NULL;
 
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_refcnt) != 1) {
 		atomic_set(&sk->sk_refcnt, 1);
diff --git a/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c b/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c
index 13b650ad22e21a6a6bec891d5bfe8ce4efb52236..bcf7b3faa76a4020d6308f5998fead39cce7b961 100644
--- a/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c
+++ b/net/wanrouter/wanmain.c
@@ -714,10 +714,8 @@ static int wanrouter_device_new_if(struct wan_device *wandev,
 	}
 
 	/* This code has moved from del_if() function */
-	if (dev->priv) {
-		kfree(dev->priv);
-		dev->priv = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(dev->priv);
+	dev->priv = NULL;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_WANPIPE_MULTPPP
 	if (cnf->config_id == WANCONFIG_MPPP)
@@ -851,10 +849,8 @@ static int wanrouter_delete_interface(struct wan_device *wandev, char *name)
 
 	/* Due to new interface linking method using dev->priv,
 	 * this code has moved from del_if() function.*/
-	if (dev->priv){
-		kfree(dev->priv);
-		dev->priv=NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(dev->priv);
+	dev->priv=NULL;
 
 	unregister_netdev(dev);
 
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index 8b9a4747417d00bbf4c6b9050f59f7ca4eb24951..7cf48aa6c95bdb48a9438c6c4a3159fefe403869 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -62,14 +62,10 @@ static void xfrm_state_gc_destroy(struct xfrm_state *x)
 {
 	if (del_timer(&x->timer))
 		BUG();
-	if (x->aalg)
-		kfree(x->aalg);
-	if (x->ealg)
-		kfree(x->ealg);
-	if (x->calg)
-		kfree(x->calg);
-	if (x->encap)
-		kfree(x->encap);
+	kfree(x->aalg);
+	kfree(x->ealg);
+	kfree(x->calg);
+	kfree(x->encap);
 	if (x->type) {
 		x->type->destructor(x);
 		xfrm_put_type(x->type);