diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipcomp.c b/net/ipv4/ipcomp.c
index 04a429465665cd8ff0c377eed4d1caf0d40a4a3a..cd810f41af1a71db684a7787bde2bbc8e5d601f7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipcomp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipcomp.c
@@ -290,11 +290,8 @@ static void ipcomp_free_scratches(void)
 	if (!scratches)
 		return;
 
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		void *scratch = *per_cpu_ptr(scratches, i);
-		if (scratch)
-			vfree(scratch);
-	}
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
+		vfree(*per_cpu_ptr(scratches, i));
 
 	free_percpu(scratches);
 }
diff --git a/net/tipc/name_distr.c b/net/tipc/name_distr.c
index 953307a9df1d852c3eac546d9e1d97e728f0df3e..a3bbc891f95997bf7e186607214aedddc7c1d454 100644
--- a/net/tipc/name_distr.c
+++ b/net/tipc/name_distr.c
@@ -229,8 +229,7 @@ static void node_is_down(struct publication *publ)
 				     publ->node, publ->ref, publ->key);
         assert(p == publ);
 	write_unlock_bh(&tipc_nametbl_lock);
-	if (publ)
-		kfree(publ);
+	kfree(publ);
 }
 
 /**