diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index bc6471d4abcdaa464d9effc244c5f1bdcb989681..4a929adf2ab7a5ef6923ffe504ae33669ee97242 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -662,12 +662,10 @@ int ip_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*output)(struct sk_buff *))
 		if (len < left)	{
 			len &= ~7;
 		}
-		/*
-		 *	Allocate buffer.
-		 */
 
-		if ((skb2 = alloc_skb(len+hlen+ll_rs, GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL) {
-			NETDEBUG(KERN_INFO "IP: frag: no memory for new fragment!\n");
+		/* Allocate buffer */
+		skb2 = alloc_skb(len + hlen + ll_rs, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!skb2) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto fail;
 		}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 8e950c250ada0785323c3e270a61c2e1b7a7b6f3..916d2a166a9b7b02a679d8e8ddafaa45b4878932 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -747,13 +747,11 @@ int ip6_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*output)(struct sk_buff *))
 		if (len < left)	{
 			len &= ~7;
 		}
-		/*
-		 *	Allocate buffer.
-		 */
 
-		if ((frag = alloc_skb(len + hlen + sizeof(struct frag_hdr) +
-				      hroom + troom, GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL) {
-			NETDEBUG(KERN_INFO "IPv6: frag: no memory for new fragment!\n");
+		/* Allocate buffer */
+		frag = alloc_skb(len + hlen + sizeof(struct frag_hdr) +
+				 hroom + troom, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!frag) {
 			IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)),
 				      IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
 			err = -ENOMEM;