diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index a5f7535..750db57 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@
 	if (kind != 2 && security_netlink_recv(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	if (kind == 2 && (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) == NLM_F_DUMP) {
+	if (kind == 2 && nlh->nlmsg_flags&NLM_F_DUMP) {
 		struct sock *rtnl;
 		rtnl_dumpit_func dumpit;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
index 2746c1f..2ada171 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@
 	    nlmsg_len(nlh) < hdrlen)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if ((nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) == NLM_F_DUMP) {
+	if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) {
 		if (nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen)) {
 			struct nlattr *attr;
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 2b7eef3..93297aa 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@
 	u16 zone;
 	int err;
 
-	if ((nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) == NLM_F_DUMP)
+	if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP)
 		return netlink_dump_start(ctnl, skb, nlh, ctnetlink_dump_table,
 					  ctnetlink_done);
 
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@
 	u16 zone;
 	int err;
 
-	if ((nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) == NLM_F_DUMP) {
+	if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) {
 		return netlink_dump_start(ctnl, skb, nlh,
 					  ctnetlink_exp_dump_table,
 					  ctnetlink_exp_done);
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index f83cb37..1781d99 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
 	    security_netlink_recv(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	if ((nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) == NLM_F_DUMP) {
+	if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) {
 		if (ops->dumpit == NULL)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index d5e1e0b..6129196 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -2189,7 +2189,7 @@
 
 	if ((type == (XFRM_MSG_GETSA - XFRM_MSG_BASE) ||
 	     type == (XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY - XFRM_MSG_BASE)) &&
-	    (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP) == NLM_F_DUMP) {
+	    (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_DUMP)) {
 		if (link->dump == NULL)
 			return -EINVAL;