diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
index 1f4c794f5fcc27b26ad4260e52ba8a78548fd779..30f4a7d42e3220986b2e110c171eb7a21a280217 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target.c
@@ -3709,7 +3709,6 @@ static inline void iscsit_thread_check_cpumask(
 	struct task_struct *p,
 	int mode)
 {
-	char buf[128];
 	/*
 	 * mode == 1 signals iscsi_target_tx_thread() usage.
 	 * mode == 0 signals iscsi_target_rx_thread() usage.
@@ -3728,8 +3727,6 @@ static inline void iscsit_thread_check_cpumask(
 	 * both TX and RX kthreads are scheduled to run on the
 	 * same CPU.
 	 */
-	memset(buf, 0, 128);
-	cpumask_scnprintf(buf, 128, conn->conn_cpumask);
 	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(p, conn->conn_cpumask);
 }
 
@@ -4326,8 +4323,7 @@ int iscsit_close_connection(
 	if (conn->conn_tx_hash.tfm)
 		crypto_free_hash(conn->conn_tx_hash.tfm);
 
-	if (conn->conn_cpumask)
-		free_cpumask_var(conn->conn_cpumask);
+	free_cpumask_var(conn->conn_cpumask);
 
 	kfree(conn->conn_ops);
 	conn->conn_ops = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
index 5e71ac609418137784f99078a1837afa216e8642..b1ae5cbe70f80990a634de0bc6d3a4809dea9b09 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c
@@ -1190,8 +1190,7 @@ void iscsi_target_login_sess_out(struct iscsi_conn *conn,
 	if (!IS_ERR(conn->conn_tx_hash.tfm))
 		crypto_free_hash(conn->conn_tx_hash.tfm);
 
-	if (conn->conn_cpumask)
-		free_cpumask_var(conn->conn_cpumask);
+	free_cpumask_var(conn->conn_cpumask);
 
 	kfree(conn->conn_ops);