diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 641d5e9..0956b86 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1770,12 +1770,12 @@ static int validate_params(uint cmd, struct dm_ioctl *param)
 	    cmd == DM_LIST_VERSIONS_CMD)
 		return 0;
 
-	if ((cmd == DM_DEV_CREATE_CMD)) {
+	if (cmd == DM_DEV_CREATE_CMD) {
 		if (!*param->name) {
 			DMWARN("name not supplied when creating device");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-	} else if ((*param->uuid && *param->name)) {
+	} else if (*param->uuid && *param->name) {
 		DMWARN("only supply one of name or uuid, cmd(%u)", cmd);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}