diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index e01a47c0b80a..dcd0c6d65efb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -702,8 +702,7 @@ out_och_free:
 out_openerr:
 		if (opendir_set != 0)
 			ll_stop_statahead(inode, lli->lli_opendir_key);
-		if (fd != NULL)
-			ll_file_data_put(fd);
+		ll_file_data_put(fd);
 	} else {
 		ll_stats_ops_tally(ll_i2sbi(inode), LPROC_LL_OPEN, 1);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
index 25139885b5a7..ab4839cad939 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ void ll_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (lli->lli_mds_read_och)
 		ll_md_real_close(inode, FMODE_READ);
 
-	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && lli->lli_symlink_name) {
+	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		kfree(lli->lli_symlink_name);
 		lli->lli_symlink_name = NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c
index c9b8481dd384..1eae3896c037 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c
@@ -555,14 +555,12 @@ static int import_select_connection(struct obd_import *imp)
 	imp_conn->oic_last_attempt = cfs_time_current_64();
 
 	/* switch connection, don't mind if it's same as the current one */
-	if (imp->imp_connection)
-		ptlrpc_connection_put(imp->imp_connection);
+	ptlrpc_connection_put(imp->imp_connection);
 	imp->imp_connection = ptlrpc_connection_addref(imp_conn->oic_conn);
 
 	dlmexp = class_conn2export(&imp->imp_dlm_handle);
 	LASSERT(dlmexp != NULL);
-	if (dlmexp->exp_connection)
-		ptlrpc_connection_put(dlmexp->exp_connection);
+	ptlrpc_connection_put(dlmexp->exp_connection);
 	dlmexp->exp_connection = ptlrpc_connection_addref(imp_conn->oic_conn);
 	class_export_put(dlmexp);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/service.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/service.c
index 56a86317ded7..cf9477d4749b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/service.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/service.c
@@ -2826,9 +2826,7 @@ void ptlrpc_hr_fini(void)
 	ptlrpc_stop_hr_threads();
 
 	cfs_percpt_for_each(hrp, i, ptlrpc_hr.hr_partitions) {
-		if (hrp->hrp_thrs != NULL) {
-			kfree(hrp->hrp_thrs);
-		}
+		kfree(hrp->hrp_thrs);
 	}
 
 	cfs_percpt_free(ptlrpc_hr.hr_partitions);