diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 69cb848e83455035a3e9ad85b2d7922434069d7e..4adbce8f8314ae29d815a7d9d41ddb33fd54aa2f 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ u32 tcf_hash_new_index(u32 *idx_gen, struct tcf_hashinfo *hinfo)
 			val = 1;
 	} while (tcf_hash_lookup(val, hinfo));
 
-	return (*idx_gen = val);
+	*idx_gen = val;
+	return val;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcf_hash_new_index);
 
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c b/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c
index 3886365cc207d139a21efdad996f71b033f3a09a..0952fd2684e4894f3d5b11902d4e7e7f1fb3556d 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct dsmark_qdisc_data {
 
 static inline int dsmark_valid_index(struct dsmark_qdisc_data *p, u16 index)
 {
-	return (index <= p->indices && index > 0);
+	return index <= p->indices && index > 0;
 }
 
 /* ------------------------- Class/flow operations ------------------------- */