diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
index 71f1e9fdfa18fb9b1f2f2730ca21af42dad98eea..d7f1685279034b5e3b62748284d24c52cc1f8907 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
@@ -353,10 +353,8 @@ static int __net_init synproxy_net_init(struct net *net)
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
 	ct = nf_ct_tmpl_alloc(net, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (IS_ERR(ct)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(ct);
+	if (!ct)
 		goto err1;
-	}
 
 	if (!nfct_seqadj_ext_add(ct))
 		goto err2;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_CT.c b/net/netfilter/xt_CT.c
index c6630030c9121c7af27a3052ad776cd6646eb601..43ddeee404e91f97908fb9228c1e873931b75bcc 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_CT.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_CT.c
@@ -202,9 +202,10 @@ static int xt_ct_tg_check(const struct xt_tgchk_param *par,
 		goto err1;
 
 	ct = nf_ct_tmpl_alloc(par->net, info->zone, GFP_KERNEL);
-	ret = PTR_ERR(ct);
-	if (IS_ERR(ct))
+	if (!ct) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err2;
+	}
 
 	ret = 0;
 	if ((info->ct_events || info->exp_events) &&