diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
index 8849850790984008ab9f97b255729672c15c61e0..1d5b7cee065e8f92aec312602a420e8be06575e6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
@@ -194,10 +194,8 @@ qemuBlockJobEventProcess(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                      "after block job", vm->def->name);
     }
 
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
-    if (event2)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event2);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event2);
 
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
 }
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
index 0da6c02386964d38a49361cafea8b7d6596142d8..570dab5ee20c5a53824a530c83bf033dc3c17140 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
@@ -706,8 +706,7 @@ qemuSetupCpuCgroup(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             event = virDomainEventTunableNewFromObj(vm, eventParams, eventNparams);
         }
 
-        if (event)
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index c8b0ccdd8ccb76374a341c83ec82daab7fe19032..0ef09b2e885a4bf34503394ea53b57cf9550fd9e 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ qemuDomainAsyncJobPhaseFromString(qemuDomainAsyncJob job,
 void qemuDomainEventQueue(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                           virObjectEventPtr event)
 {
-    virObjectEventStateQueue(driver->domainEventState, event);
+    if (event)
+        virObjectEventStateQueue(driver->domainEventState, event);
 }
 
 
@@ -2732,8 +2733,7 @@ qemuDomainCheckRemoveOptionalDisk(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         virDomainDiskDefFree(disk);
     }
 
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index fcf86b6d94096a9926f9c765d2eb3dae5ae9ca51..ccd28ff29eb67838941f95b7cdccaa5110f96502 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -977,8 +977,7 @@ static void qemuNotifyLoadDomain(virDomainObjPtr vm, int newVM, void *opaque)
             virDomainEventLifecycleNewFromObj(vm,
                                      VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_DEFINED,
                                      VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_DEFINED_ADDED);
-        if (event)
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1792,8 +1791,7 @@ static virDomainPtr qemuDomainCreateXML(virConnectPtr conn,
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
     if (event) {
         qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
-        if (event2)
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event2);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event2);
     }
     virObjectUnref(caps);
     virObjectUnref(qemuCaps);
@@ -1874,8 +1872,7 @@ static int qemuDomainSuspend(virDomainPtr dom)
  cleanup:
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
 
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return ret;
 }
@@ -1934,8 +1931,7 @@ static int qemuDomainResume(virDomainPtr dom)
 
  cleanup:
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return ret;
 }
@@ -2255,8 +2251,7 @@ qemuDomainDestroyFlags(virDomainPtr dom,
 
  cleanup:
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -3279,8 +3274,7 @@ qemuDomainSaveInternal(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, virDomainPtr dom,
 
  cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(xml);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(caps);
     return ret;
 }
@@ -3781,8 +3775,7 @@ qemuDomainCoreDumpWithFormat(virDomainPtr dom,
 
  cleanup:
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -4020,8 +4013,7 @@ processGuestPanicEvent(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                      VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_CRASHED,
                                      VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_CRASHED_PANICKED);
 
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     if (virDomainLockProcessPause(driver->lockManager, vm, &priv->lockState) < 0)
         VIR_WARN("Unable to release lease on %s", vm->def->name);
@@ -4054,8 +4046,7 @@ processGuestPanicEvent(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                          VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_STOPPED,
                                          VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_STOPPED_CRASHED);
 
-        if (event)
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
         virDomainAuditStop(vm, "destroyed");
 
@@ -4498,9 +4489,9 @@ processSerialChangedEvent(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             }
         }
 
-        if ((event = virDomainEventAgentLifecycleNewFromObj(vm, newstate,
-                                                            VIR_CONNECT_DOMAIN_EVENT_AGENT_LIFECYCLE_REASON_CHANNEL)))
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+        event = virDomainEventAgentLifecycleNewFromObj(vm, newstate,
+                                                       VIR_CONNECT_DOMAIN_EVENT_AGENT_LIFECYCLE_REASON_CHANNEL);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     }
 
     dev.data.chr->state = newstate;
@@ -5199,8 +5190,7 @@ qemuDomainPinVcpuFlags(virDomainPtr dom,
     if (cgroup_vcpu)
         virCgroupFree(&cgroup_vcpu);
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     VIR_FREE(str);
     virBitmapFree(pcpumap);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
@@ -5401,8 +5391,7 @@ qemuDomainPinEmulator(virDomainPtr dom,
  cleanup:
     if (cgroup_emulator)
         virCgroupFree(&cgroup_emulator);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     VIR_FREE(str);
     virBitmapFree(pcpumap);
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
@@ -5902,8 +5891,7 @@ qemuDomainPinIOThread(virDomainPtr dom,
  cleanup:
     if (cgroup_iothread)
         virCgroupFree(&cgroup_iothread);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     VIR_FREE(str);
     virBitmapFree(pcpumap);
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
@@ -6711,8 +6699,7 @@ qemuDomainSaveImageStartVM(virConnectPtr conn,
                                      VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_STARTED,
                                      VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_STARTED_RESTORED);
     virDomainAuditStart(vm, "restored", true);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
 
     /* If it was running before, resume it now unless caller requested pause. */
@@ -6735,8 +6722,7 @@ qemuDomainSaveImageStartVM(virConnectPtr conn,
         event = virDomainEventLifecycleNewFromObj(vm,
                                          VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED,
                                          detail);
-        if (event)
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     }
 
     ret = 0;
@@ -7404,8 +7390,7 @@ qemuDomainObjStart(virConnectPtr conn,
                 event = virDomainEventLifecycleNewFromObj(vm,
                                                  VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED,
                                                  VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_PAUSED);
-                if (event)
-                    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+                qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -7554,8 +7539,7 @@ static virDomainPtr qemuDomainDefineXMLFlags(virConnectPtr conn, const char *xml
     virDomainDefFree(oldDef);
     virDomainDefFree(def);
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(qemuCaps);
     virObjectUnref(caps);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
@@ -7672,8 +7656,7 @@ qemuDomainUndefineFlags(virDomainPtr dom,
  cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(name);
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return ret;
 }
@@ -7821,8 +7804,7 @@ qemuDomainAttachDeviceLive(virDomainObjPtr vm,
          * is in monitor */
         virObjectEventPtr event;
         event = virDomainEventDeviceAddedNewFromObj(vm, alias);
-        if (event)
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     }
 
     if (ret == 0)
@@ -10506,8 +10488,7 @@ qemuDomainSetSchedulerParametersFlags(virDomainPtr dom,
     if (eventNparams) {
         event = virDomainEventTunableNewFromDom(dom, eventParams, eventNparams);
         eventNparams = 0;
-        if (event)
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     }
 
     if (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_AFFECT_CONFIG) {
@@ -13742,8 +13723,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateActiveInternal(virConnectPtr conn,
         }
     }
 
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     return ret;
 }
@@ -14564,8 +14544,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateActiveExternal(virConnectPtr conn,
         virDomainAuditStop(vm, "from-snapshot");
         resume = false;
         thaw = 0;
-        if (event)
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     } else if (memory && pmsuspended) {
         /* qemu 1.3 is unable to save a domain in pm-suspended (S3)
          * state; so we must emit an event stating that it was
@@ -14574,8 +14553,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateActiveExternal(virConnectPtr conn,
                              VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_FROM_SNAPSHOT);
         event = virDomainEventLifecycleNewFromObj(vm, VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED,
                                          VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_FROM_SNAPSHOT);
-        if (event)
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     }
 
     ret = 0;
@@ -14588,8 +14566,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotCreateActiveExternal(virConnectPtr conn,
         event = virDomainEventLifecycleNewFromObj(vm,
                                          VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED,
                                          VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_API_ERROR);
-        if (event)
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
         if (virGetLastError() == NULL) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_FAILED, "%s",
                            _("resuming after snapshot failed"));
@@ -15428,8 +15405,7 @@ qemuDomainRevertToSnapshot(virDomainSnapshotPtr snapshot,
                 event = virDomainEventLifecycleNewFromObj(vm,
                                                  VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_STOPPED,
                                                  detail);
-                if (event)
-                    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+                qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
                 goto load;
             }
 
@@ -15567,8 +15543,7 @@ qemuDomainRevertToSnapshot(virDomainSnapshotPtr snapshot,
 
             start_flags |= paused ? VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_START_PAUSED : 0;
 
-            if (event)
-                qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
             rc = qemuProcessStart(snapshot->domain->conn, driver, vm,
                                   QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE, NULL, -1, NULL, NULL,
                                   VIR_NETDEV_VPORT_PROFILE_OP_CREATE,
@@ -15628,8 +15603,7 @@ qemuDomainRevertToSnapshot(virDomainSnapshotPtr snapshot,
     }
     if (event) {
         qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
-        if (event2)
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event2);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event2);
     }
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
     virObjectUnref(caps);
@@ -17711,8 +17685,7 @@ qemuDomainSetBlockIoTune(virDomainPtr dom,
         if (eventNparams) {
             event = virDomainEventTunableNewFromDom(dom, eventParams, eventNparams);
             eventNparams = 0;
-            if (event)
-                qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
         }
     }
 
@@ -20057,10 +20030,8 @@ static int qemuDomainRename(virDomainPtr dom,
     VIR_FREE(old_dom_name);
     VIR_FREE(new_dom_name);
     VIR_FREE(rename_log_msg);
-    if (event_old)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event_old);
-    if (event_new)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event_new);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event_old);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event_new);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return ret;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index e84a78df22bb817bfa06c7cb5e1480fdc57d0ff0..47978360b0b8f23bb890df12bf1eac8c04bd7d92 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -1834,8 +1834,7 @@ qemuDomainAttachMemory(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     }
 
     event = virDomainEventDeviceAddedNewFromObj(vm, objalias);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     /* fix the balloon size if it was set to maximum */
     if (fix_balloon)
@@ -2865,8 +2864,7 @@ qemuDomainRemoveDiskDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     virDomainAuditDisk(vm, disk->src, NULL, "detach", true);
 
     event = virDomainEventDeviceRemovedNewFromObj(vm, disk->info.alias);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     for (i = 0; i < vm->def->ndisks; i++) {
         if (vm->def->disks[i] == disk) {
@@ -2908,8 +2906,7 @@ qemuDomainRemoveControllerDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
               controller->info.alias, vm, vm->def->name);
 
     event = virDomainEventDeviceRemovedNewFromObj(vm, controller->info.alias);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     for (i = 0; i < vm->def->ncontrollers; i++) {
         if (vm->def->controllers[i] == controller) {
@@ -2940,8 +2937,8 @@ qemuDomainRemoveMemoryDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     VIR_DEBUG("Removing memory device %s from domain %p %s",
               mem->info.alias, vm, vm->def->name);
 
-    if ((event = virDomainEventDeviceRemovedNewFromObj(vm, mem->info.alias)))
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    event = virDomainEventDeviceRemovedNewFromObj(vm, mem->info.alias);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     if (virAsprintf(&backendAlias, "mem%s", mem->info.alias) < 0)
         return -1;
@@ -3023,8 +3020,7 @@ qemuDomainRemoveHostDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     }
 
     event = virDomainEventDeviceRemovedNewFromObj(vm, hostdev->info->alias);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     if (hostdev->parent.type == VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_NET) {
         net = hostdev->parent.data.net;
@@ -3138,8 +3134,7 @@ qemuDomainRemoveNetDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     virDomainAuditNet(vm, net, NULL, "detach", true);
 
     event = virDomainEventDeviceRemovedNewFromObj(vm, net->info.alias);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     for (i = 0; i < vm->def->nnets; i++) {
         if (vm->def->nets[i] == net) {
@@ -3216,8 +3211,7 @@ qemuDomainRemoveChrDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         goto cleanup;
 
     event = virDomainEventDeviceRemovedNewFromObj(vm, chr->info.alias);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     qemuDomainChrRemove(vm->def, chr);
     virDomainChrDefFree(chr);
@@ -3265,8 +3259,8 @@ qemuDomainRemoveRNGDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     if (rc < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if ((event = virDomainEventDeviceRemovedNewFromObj(vm, rng->info.alias)))
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    event = virDomainEventDeviceRemovedNewFromObj(vm, rng->info.alias);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     if ((idx = virDomainRNGFind(vm->def, rng)) >= 0)
         virDomainRNGRemove(vm->def, idx);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 35ab521607e100ac4bf7f06b8146687ef27f0be5..22c994e42b9e313053962c6080239acbd6f73535 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -2303,8 +2303,7 @@ qemuMigrationSetOffline(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         event = virDomainEventLifecycleNewFromObj(vm,
                                          VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED,
                                          VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_MIGRATED);
-        if (event)
-            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     }
 
     return ret;
@@ -3475,8 +3474,7 @@ qemuMigrationPrepareAny(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             qemuDomainRemoveInactive(driver, vm);
     }
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     qemuMigrationCookieFree(mig);
     virObjectUnref(caps);
     virNWFilterUnlockFilterUpdates();
@@ -3825,8 +3823,7 @@ qemuMigrationConfirmPhase(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     rv = 0;
 
  cleanup:
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return rv;
 }
@@ -5362,8 +5359,7 @@ qemuMigrationPerformJob(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
  cleanup:
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return ret;
 }
@@ -5431,8 +5427,7 @@ qemuMigrationPerformPhase(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 
  cleanup:
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -5592,8 +5587,7 @@ qemuMigrationPersist(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                               newVM ?
                                               VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_DEFINED_ADDED :
                                               VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_DEFINED_UPDATED);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     ret = 0;
 
@@ -5751,8 +5745,7 @@ qemuMigrationFinish(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         if (virDomainObjGetState(vm, NULL) == VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED) {
             virDomainObjSetState(vm, VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED,
                                  VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED_USER);
-            if (event)
-                qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+            qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
             event = virDomainEventLifecycleNewFromObj(vm,
                                              VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED,
                                              VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_SUSPENDED_PAUSED);
@@ -5802,8 +5795,7 @@ qemuMigrationFinish(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         qemuMonitorSetDomainLog(priv->mon, -1);
     VIR_FREE(priv->origname);
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     qemuMigrationCookieFree(mig);
     if (orig_err) {
         virSetError(orig_err);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 155846e5dc40b0caf8150270573bda05d66e7060..7187dc16184828841473eb90570bf2f905e7e029 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -328,8 +328,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleMonitorEOF(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
  cleanup:
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 }
 
 
@@ -353,8 +352,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleMonitorError(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     ((qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr) vm->privateData)->monError = true;
     event = virDomainEventControlErrorNewFromObj(vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
 }
@@ -517,8 +515,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleReset(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
 
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return 0;
@@ -594,8 +591,7 @@ qemuProcessFakeReboot(void *opaque)
     if (ret == -1)
         ignore_value(qemuProcessKill(vm, VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_KILL_FORCE));
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
 }
 
@@ -644,8 +640,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleEvent(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                          seconds, micros, details);
 
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -698,8 +693,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleShutdown(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
  unlock:
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
 
     return 0;
@@ -748,8 +742,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleStop(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
  unlock:
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
 
     return 0;
@@ -802,8 +795,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleResume(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
  unlock:
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -847,8 +839,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleRTCChange(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
 
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -909,10 +900,8 @@ qemuProcessHandleWatchdog(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     if (vm)
         virObjectUnlock(vm);
-    if (watchdogEvent)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, watchdogEvent);
-    if (lifecycleEvent)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, lifecycleEvent);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, watchdogEvent);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, lifecycleEvent);
 
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return 0;
@@ -973,12 +962,9 @@ qemuProcessHandleIOError(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     }
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
 
-    if (ioErrorEvent)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, ioErrorEvent);
-    if (ioErrorEvent2)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, ioErrorEvent2);
-    if (lifecycleEvent)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, lifecycleEvent);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, ioErrorEvent);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, ioErrorEvent2);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, lifecycleEvent);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -1101,8 +1087,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleGraphics(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     event = virDomainEventGraphicsNewFromObj(vm, phase, localAddr, remoteAddr, authScheme, subject);
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
 
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
     return 0;
 
@@ -1163,8 +1148,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleTrayChange(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     }
 
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -1202,10 +1186,8 @@ qemuProcessHandlePMWakeup(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     }
 
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
-    if (lifecycleEvent)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, lifecycleEvent);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, lifecycleEvent);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -1246,10 +1228,8 @@ qemuProcessHandlePMSuspend(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
 
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
-    if (lifecycleEvent)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, lifecycleEvent);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, lifecycleEvent);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -1276,8 +1256,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleBalloonChange(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
 
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -1318,10 +1297,8 @@ qemuProcessHandlePMSuspendDisk(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     virObjectUnlock(vm);
 
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
-    if (lifecycleEvent)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, lifecycleEvent);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, lifecycleEvent);
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
 
     return 0;
@@ -5775,8 +5752,7 @@ qemuProcessAutoDestroy(virDomainObjPtr dom,
     if (!dom->persistent)
         qemuDomainRemoveInactive(driver, dom);
 
-    if (event)
-        qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
+    qemuDomainEventQueue(driver, event);
 
  cleanup:
     virDomainObjEndAPI(&dom);