diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci-noop.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci-noop.c
index ffbdb3fb672f6b6d6e4f23a5d47fc519fb07203e..676bab6e31235db014dc1d09d741b18bd8bb8dc4 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci-noop.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci-noop.c
@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@ alloc_pci_controller(void)
 struct resource * __init
 alloc_resource(void)
 {
-	struct resource *res;
-
-	res = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(*res));
-
-	return res;
+	return alloc_bootmem(sizeof(struct resource));
 }
 
 asmlinkage long
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci.c
index 5f387ee5b5c5e0a69fb4817e9437cef5cf0c7cdd..8322df174bbfb84a4619123b6774d0cce8935dbf 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci.c
@@ -379,11 +379,7 @@ alloc_pci_controller(void)
 struct resource * __init
 alloc_resource(void)
 {
-	struct resource *res;
-
-	res = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(*res));
-
-	return res;
+	return alloc_bootmem(sizeof(struct resource));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/smc37c669.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/smc37c669.c
index c803fc76ae4f40a04665e5624ee8eaf823334d7b..4dbd4e41504159322ff13dbc335a7e1daea6efec 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/smc37c669.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/smc37c669.c
@@ -2007,11 +2007,8 @@ static void __init SMC37c669_config_mode(
 static unsigned char __init SMC37c669_read_config( 
     unsigned char index )
 {
-    unsigned char data;
-
-    wb( &SMC37c669->index_port, index );
-    data = rb( &SMC37c669->data_port );
-    return data;
+	wb(&SMC37c669->index_port, index);
+	return rb(&SMC37c669->data_port);
 }
 
 /*