diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c
index 5ec221ffdfcae3a05e88e971f9795785c680752a..2bfa7a435974378b4f081352c80c194a5283d68d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c
@@ -12255,8 +12255,7 @@ static void drx39xxj_release(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 	kfree(demod->my_ext_attr);
 	kfree(demod->my_common_attr);
 	kfree(demod->my_i2c_dev_addr);
-	if (demod->firmware)
-		release_firmware(demod->firmware);
+	release_firmware(demod->firmware);
 	kfree(demod);
 	kfree(state);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.c
index f140b835c41459e8a819ed393ed88fa11a367c79..d46cf5f7cd2ef76cebd71391ce5a8d26d82c0616 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drxk_hard.c
@@ -6310,8 +6310,7 @@ static void drxk_release(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 	struct drxk_state *state = fe->demodulator_priv;
 
 	dprintk(1, "\n");
-	if (state->fw)
-		release_firmware(state->fw);
+	release_firmware(state->fw);
 
 	kfree(state);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/m88ds3103.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/m88ds3103.c
index 0cd445cfeff6fb0fcad267954493013aeeeca3f1..843e669a3d7c8a305ff8efef34c602a503fc5bb5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/m88ds3103.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/m88ds3103.c
@@ -687,8 +687,7 @@ static int m88ds3103_init(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 
 	return 0;
 err:
-	if (fw)
-		release_firmware(fw);
+	release_firmware(fw);
 
 	dev_dbg(&priv->i2c->dev, "%s: failed=%d\n", __func__, ret);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c
index 16a347aa27f7ed2251a314b669fa819919981ba9..34206f3fe497cdd702e857af33ab94a40312c151 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2168.c
@@ -507,8 +507,7 @@ static int si2168_init(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 
 	return 0;
 err:
-	if (fw)
-		release_firmware(fw);
+	release_firmware(fw);
 
 	dev_dbg(&s->client->dev, "failed=%d\n", ret);
 	return ret;