diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c b/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c
index 236b686..09e34a7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c
@@ -363,11 +363,6 @@ static void redrat3_process_ir_data(struct redrat3_dev *rr3)
 	unsigned int i, sig_size, single_len, offset, val;
 	u32 mod_freq;
 
-	if (!rr3) {
-		pr_err("%s called with no context!\n", __func__);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	dev = rr3->dev;
 
 	mod_freq = redrat3_val_to_mod_freq(&rr3->irdata);
@@ -693,19 +688,9 @@ static int redrat3_get_ir_data(struct redrat3_dev *rr3, unsigned len)
 /* callback function from USB when async USB request has completed */
 static void redrat3_handle_async(struct urb *urb)
 {
-	struct redrat3_dev *rr3;
+	struct redrat3_dev *rr3 = urb->context;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!urb)
-		return;
-
-	rr3 = urb->context;
-	if (!rr3) {
-		pr_err("%s called with invalid context!\n", __func__);
-		usb_unlink_urb(urb);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	switch (urb->status) {
 	case 0:
 		ret = redrat3_get_ir_data(rr3, urb->actual_length);
@@ -1069,8 +1054,6 @@ static int redrat3_dev_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	redrat3_delete(rr3, rr3->udev);
 
 no_endpoints:
-	dev_err(dev, "%s: retval = %x", __func__, retval);
-
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -1079,9 +1062,6 @@ static void redrat3_dev_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	struct usb_device *udev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
 	struct redrat3_dev *rr3 = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
 
-	if (!rr3)
-		return;
-
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
 	rc_unregister_device(rr3->rc);
 	led_classdev_unregister(&rr3->led);