diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_fifo.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_fifo.c
index 53a403e17c5bba08a755da454dfee3d5829c2cc9..1d5acbe0c08bdf14db4253f95391fa5e99059610 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_fifo.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_fifo.c
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@ struct snd_seq_fifo *snd_seq_fifo_new(int poolsize)
 	struct snd_seq_fifo *f;
 
 	f = kzalloc(sizeof(*f), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (f == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("ALSA: seq: malloc failed for snd_seq_fifo_new() \n");
+	if (!f)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	f->pool = snd_seq_pool_new(poolsize);
 	if (f->pool == NULL) {
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_memory.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_memory.c
index ba8e4a64e13ee3106ce3f75b693a1f3775e73205..801076687bb16f082a8780125c69e879bdef4019 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_memory.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_memory.c
@@ -387,10 +387,8 @@ int snd_seq_pool_init(struct snd_seq_pool *pool)
 		return 0;
 
 	pool->ptr = vmalloc(sizeof(struct snd_seq_event_cell) * pool->size);
-	if (pool->ptr == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("ALSA: seq: malloc for sequencer events failed\n");
+	if (!pool->ptr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	/* add new cells to the free cell list */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
@@ -463,10 +461,8 @@ struct snd_seq_pool *snd_seq_pool_new(int poolsize)
 
 	/* create pool block */
 	pool = kzalloc(sizeof(*pool), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (pool == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("ALSA: seq: malloc failed for pool\n");
+	if (!pool)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 	spin_lock_init(&pool->lock);
 	pool->ptr = NULL;
 	pool->free = NULL;
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_ports.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_ports.c
index 46ff593f618dc0b75ea66f886e051c035f2aebad..55170a20ae7237246f5560e14c5b5066bb52ba35 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_ports.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_ports.c
@@ -141,10 +141,8 @@ struct snd_seq_client_port *snd_seq_create_port(struct snd_seq_client *client,
 
 	/* create a new port */
 	new_port = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_port), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (! new_port) {
-		pr_debug("ALSA: seq: malloc failed for registering client port\n");
+	if (!new_port)
 		return NULL;	/* failure, out of memory */
-	}
 	/* init port data */
 	new_port->addr.client = client->number;
 	new_port->addr.port = -1;
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_prioq.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_prioq.c
index 021b02bc9330f5770fa2ef0072ed844de25b677a..bc1c8488fc2a1508d9572617e9030ba180477fd0 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_prioq.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_prioq.c
@@ -59,10 +59,8 @@ struct snd_seq_prioq *snd_seq_prioq_new(void)
 	struct snd_seq_prioq *f;
 
 	f = kzalloc(sizeof(*f), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (f == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("ALSA: seq: malloc failed for snd_seq_prioq_new()\n");
+	if (!f)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 	
 	spin_lock_init(&f->lock);
 	f->head = NULL;
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
index aad4878cee5579f2556524db0f61a069cc07fef5..a0cda38205b9760bc6e1d1943c8f1deb05ded567 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c
@@ -111,10 +111,8 @@ static struct snd_seq_queue *queue_new(int owner, int locked)
 	struct snd_seq_queue *q;
 
 	q = kzalloc(sizeof(*q), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (q == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("ALSA: seq: malloc failed for snd_seq_queue_new()\n");
+	if (!q)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	spin_lock_init(&q->owner_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&q->check_lock);
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_timer.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_timer.c
index e73605393eee5351bed9d4472150fd0b63335e5d..186f1611103c5279408c3fa605f62a89f28d537f 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_timer.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_timer.c
@@ -56,10 +56,8 @@ struct snd_seq_timer *snd_seq_timer_new(void)
 	struct snd_seq_timer *tmr;
 	
 	tmr = kzalloc(sizeof(*tmr), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (tmr == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("ALSA: seq: malloc failed for snd_seq_timer_new() \n");
+	if (!tmr)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 	spin_lock_init(&tmr->lock);
 
 	/* reset setup to defaults */