diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 65fab74a..0c6b5b6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@
 		if (mddev->unit == unit) {
 			mddev_get(mddev);
 			spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
-			if (new)
-				kfree(new);
+			kfree(new);
 			return mddev;
 		}
 
@@ -458,11 +457,8 @@
 		ret = 1;
 
 abort:
-	if (tmp1)
-		kfree(tmp1);
-	if (tmp2)
-		kfree(tmp2);
-
+	kfree(tmp1);
+	kfree(tmp2);
 	return ret;
 }