diff --git a/fs/9p/trans_sock.c b/fs/9p/trans_sock.c
index 01e26f0..a93c2bf 100644
--- a/fs/9p/trans_sock.c
+++ b/fs/9p/trans_sock.c
@@ -269,8 +269,7 @@
 		dprintk(DEBUG_TRANS, "socket closed\n");
 	}
 
-	if (ts)
-		kfree(ts);
+	kfree(ts);
 
 	trans->priv = NULL;
 }
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 9c30807..aaec015 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
 		mark_buffer_dirty(sbi->s_root_bh);
 	}
 
-	if (sbi->s_prefix)
-		kfree(sbi->s_prefix);
+	kfree(sbi->s_prefix);
 	affs_free_bitmap(sb);
 	affs_brelse(sbi->s_root_bh);
 	kfree(sbi);
@@ -198,10 +197,9 @@
 			*mount_opts |= SF_MUFS;
 			break;
 		case Opt_prefix:
-			if (*prefix) {		/* Free any previous prefix */
-				kfree(*prefix);
-				*prefix = NULL;
-			}
+			/* Free any previous prefix */
+			kfree(*prefix);
+			*prefix = NULL;
 			*prefix = match_strdup(&args[0]);
 			if (!*prefix)
 				return 0;
@@ -462,11 +460,9 @@
 out_error:
 	if (root_inode)
 		iput(root_inode);
-	if (sbi->s_bitmap)
-		kfree(sbi->s_bitmap);
+	kfree(sbi->s_bitmap);
 	affs_brelse(root_bh);
-	if (sbi->s_prefix)
-		kfree(sbi->s_prefix);
+	kfree(sbi->s_prefix);
 	kfree(sbi);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/afs/file.c b/fs/afs/file.c
index f53971a..150b192 100644
--- a/fs/afs/file.c
+++ b/fs/afs/file.c
@@ -265,8 +265,7 @@
 		set_page_private(page, 0);
 		ClearPagePrivate(page);
 
-		if (pageio)
-			kfree(pageio);
+		kfree(pageio);
 	}
 
 	_leave(" = 0");
diff --git a/fs/autofs/waitq.c b/fs/autofs/waitq.c
index 1fcaa15..633f628 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/waitq.c
@@ -150,10 +150,8 @@
 	if ( sbi->catatonic ) {
 		/* We might have slept, so check again for catatonic mode */
 		wq->status = -ENOENT;
-		if ( wq->name ) {
-			kfree(wq->name);
-			wq->name = NULL;
-		}
+		kfree(wq->name);
+		wq->name = NULL;
 	}
 
 	if ( wq->name ) {
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/inode.c b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
index 0a3c05d..818b37b 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@
 
 static void ino_lnkfree(struct autofs_info *ino)
 {
-	if (ino->u.symlink) {
-		kfree(ino->u.symlink);
-		ino->u.symlink = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(ino->u.symlink);
+	ino->u.symlink = NULL;
 }
 
 struct autofs_info *autofs4_init_ino(struct autofs_info *ino,
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index 3df8628..394ff36 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -243,10 +243,8 @@
 	if ( sbi->catatonic ) {
 		/* We might have slept, so check again for catatonic mode */
 		wq->status = -ENOENT;
-		if ( wq->name ) {
-			kfree(wq->name);
-			wq->name = NULL;
-		}
+		kfree(wq->name);
+		wq->name = NULL;
 	}
 
 	if ( wq->name ) {
diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index e8112ad..2d365cb 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -725,20 +725,16 @@
 static void
 befs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	if (BEFS_SB(sb)->mount_opts.iocharset) {
-		kfree(BEFS_SB(sb)->mount_opts.iocharset);
-		BEFS_SB(sb)->mount_opts.iocharset = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(BEFS_SB(sb)->mount_opts.iocharset);
+	BEFS_SB(sb)->mount_opts.iocharset = NULL;
 
 	if (BEFS_SB(sb)->nls) {
 		unload_nls(BEFS_SB(sb)->nls);
 		BEFS_SB(sb)->nls = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (sb->s_fs_info) {
-		kfree(sb->s_fs_info);
-		sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(sb->s_fs_info);
+	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	return;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 6fa6adc..f36f221 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1006,8 +1006,7 @@
 	if (interpreter)
 		fput(interpreter);
 out_free_interp:
-	if (elf_interpreter)
-		kfree(elf_interpreter);
+	kfree(elf_interpreter);
 out_free_file:
 	sys_close(elf_exec_fileno);
 out_free_fh:
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index dda87c4..e0344f6 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -411,16 +411,11 @@
 		allow_write_access(interpreter);
 		fput(interpreter);
 	}
-	if (interpreter_name)
-		kfree(interpreter_name);
-	if (exec_params.phdrs)
-		kfree(exec_params.phdrs);
-	if (exec_params.loadmap)
-		kfree(exec_params.loadmap);
-	if (interp_params.phdrs)
-		kfree(interp_params.phdrs);
-	if (interp_params.loadmap)
-		kfree(interp_params.loadmap);
+	kfree(interpreter_name);
+	kfree(exec_params.phdrs);
+	kfree(exec_params.loadmap);
+	kfree(interp_params.phdrs);
+	kfree(interp_params.loadmap);
 	return retval;
 
 	/* unrecoverable error - kill the process */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/asn1.c b/fs/cifs/asn1.c
index 98539e2..086ae8f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/asn1.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/asn1.c
@@ -553,8 +553,7 @@
 					   *(oid + 3)));
 					rc = compare_oid(oid, oidlen, NTLMSSP_OID,
 						 NTLMSSP_OID_LEN);
-					if(oid)
-						kfree(oid);
+					kfree(oid);
 					if (rc)
 						use_ntlmssp = TRUE;
 				}
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index d74367a..450ab75 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1265,8 +1265,7 @@
 		the helper that resolves tcp names, mount to it, try to 
 		tcon to it unmount it if fail */
 
-	if(referrals)
-		kfree(referrals);
+	kfree(referrals);
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -1535,10 +1534,8 @@
 	
 	memset(&volume_info,0,sizeof(struct smb_vol));
 	if (cifs_parse_mount_options(mount_data, devname, &volume_info)) {
-		if(volume_info.UNC)
-			kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-		if(volume_info.password)
-			kfree(volume_info.password);
+		kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+		kfree(volume_info.password);
 		FreeXid(xid);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -1551,10 +1548,8 @@
 		cifserror("No username specified ");
         /* In userspace mount helper we can get user name from alternate
            locations such as env variables and files on disk */
-		if(volume_info.UNC)
-			kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-		if(volume_info.password)
-			kfree(volume_info.password);
+		kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+		kfree(volume_info.password);
 		FreeXid(xid);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -1573,10 +1568,8 @@
        
 		if(rc <= 0) {
 			/* we failed translating address */
-			if(volume_info.UNC)
-				kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-			if(volume_info.password)
-				kfree(volume_info.password);
+			kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+			kfree(volume_info.password);
 			FreeXid(xid);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
@@ -1587,19 +1580,15 @@
 	} else if (volume_info.UNCip){
 		/* BB using ip addr as server name connect to the DFS root below */
 		cERROR(1,("Connecting to DFS root not implemented yet"));
-		if(volume_info.UNC)
-			kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-		if(volume_info.password)
-			kfree(volume_info.password);
+		kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+		kfree(volume_info.password);
 		FreeXid(xid);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	} else /* which servers DFS root would we conect to */ {
 		cERROR(1,
 		       ("CIFS mount error: No UNC path (e.g. -o unc=//192.168.1.100/public) specified  "));
-		if(volume_info.UNC)
-			kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-		if(volume_info.password)
-			kfree(volume_info.password);
+		kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+		kfree(volume_info.password);
 		FreeXid(xid);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -1612,10 +1601,8 @@
 		cifs_sb->local_nls = load_nls(volume_info.iocharset);
 		if(cifs_sb->local_nls == NULL) {
 			cERROR(1,("CIFS mount error: iocharset %s not found",volume_info.iocharset));
-			if(volume_info.UNC)
-				kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-			if(volume_info.password)
-				kfree(volume_info.password);
+			kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+			kfree(volume_info.password);
 			FreeXid(xid);
 			return -ELIBACC;
 		}
@@ -1630,10 +1617,8 @@
 			&sin_server6.sin6_addr,
 			volume_info.username, &srvTcp);
 	else {
-		if(volume_info.UNC)
-			kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-		if(volume_info.password)
-			kfree(volume_info.password);
+		kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+		kfree(volume_info.password);
 		FreeXid(xid);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -1654,10 +1639,8 @@
 			       ("Error connecting to IPv4 socket. Aborting operation"));
 			if(csocket != NULL)
 				sock_release(csocket);
-			if(volume_info.UNC)
-				kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-			if(volume_info.password)
-				kfree(volume_info.password);
+			kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+			kfree(volume_info.password);
 			FreeXid(xid);
 			return rc;
 		}
@@ -1666,10 +1649,8 @@
 		if (srvTcp == NULL) {
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			sock_release(csocket);
-			if(volume_info.UNC)
-				kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-			if(volume_info.password)
-				kfree(volume_info.password);
+			kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+			kfree(volume_info.password);
 			FreeXid(xid);
 			return rc;
 		} else {
@@ -1692,10 +1673,8 @@
 			if(rc < 0) {
 				rc = -ENOMEM;
 				sock_release(csocket);
-				if(volume_info.UNC)
-					kfree(volume_info.UNC);
-				if(volume_info.password)
-					kfree(volume_info.password);
+				kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+				kfree(volume_info.password);
 				FreeXid(xid);
 				return rc;
 			}
@@ -1710,8 +1689,7 @@
 	if (existingCifsSes) {
 		pSesInfo = existingCifsSes;
 		cFYI(1, ("Existing smb sess found "));
-		if(volume_info.password)
-			kfree(volume_info.password);
+		kfree(volume_info.password);
 		/* volume_info.UNC freed at end of function */
 	} else if (!rc) {
 		cFYI(1, ("Existing smb sess not found "));
@@ -1741,8 +1719,7 @@
 			if(!rc)
 				atomic_inc(&srvTcp->socketUseCount);
 		} else
-			if(volume_info.password)
-				kfree(volume_info.password);
+			kfree(volume_info.password);
 	}
     
 	/* search for existing tcon to this server share */
@@ -1821,8 +1798,7 @@
 							"", cifs_sb->local_nls,
 							cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & 
 							  CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
-					if(volume_info.UNC)
-						kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+					kfree(volume_info.UNC);
 					FreeXid(xid);
 					return -ENODEV;
 				} else {
@@ -1925,8 +1901,7 @@
 	(in which case it is not needed anymore) but when new sesion is created
 	the password ptr is put in the new session structure (in which case the
 	password will be freed at unmount time) */
-	if(volume_info.UNC)
-		kfree(volume_info.UNC);
+	kfree(volume_info.UNC);
 	FreeXid(xid);
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -3283,8 +3258,7 @@
 			if ((bcc_ptr + (2 * length)) -
 			     pByteArea(smb_buffer_response) <=
 			    BCC(smb_buffer_response)) {
-				if(tcon->nativeFileSystem)
-					kfree(tcon->nativeFileSystem);
+				kfree(tcon->nativeFileSystem);
 				tcon->nativeFileSystem =
 				    kzalloc(length + 2, GFP_KERNEL);
 				cifs_strfromUCS_le(tcon->nativeFileSystem,
@@ -3301,8 +3275,7 @@
 			if ((bcc_ptr + length) -
 			    pByteArea(smb_buffer_response) <=
 			    BCC(smb_buffer_response)) {
-				if(tcon->nativeFileSystem)
-					kfree(tcon->nativeFileSystem);
+				kfree(tcon->nativeFileSystem);
 				tcon->nativeFileSystem =
 				    kzalloc(length + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 				strncpy(tcon->nativeFileSystem, bcc_ptr,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index b43e071..0f99aae 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -84,10 +84,8 @@
 	cifsInode->time = 0;	/* will force revalidate to go get info when needed */
 
 cifs_hl_exit:
-	if (fromName)
-		kfree(fromName);
-	if (toName)
-		kfree(toName);
+	kfree(fromName);
+	kfree(toName);
 	FreeXid(xid);
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -206,8 +204,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (full_path)
-		kfree(full_path);
+	kfree(full_path);
 	FreeXid(xid);
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -253,8 +250,7 @@
 		len = buflen;
 	tmpbuffer = kmalloc(len,GFP_KERNEL);   
 	if(tmpbuffer == NULL) {
-		if (full_path)
-			kfree(full_path);
+		kfree(full_path);
 		FreeXid(xid);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -303,8 +299,7 @@
 							strncpy(tmpbuffer, referrals, len-1);                            
 						}
 					}
-					if(referrals)
-						kfree(referrals);
+					kfree(referrals);
 					kfree(tmp_path);
 }
 				/* BB add code like else decode referrals then memcpy to
@@ -323,12 +318,8 @@
 		      rc));
 	}
 
-	if (tmpbuffer) {
-		kfree(tmpbuffer);
-	}
-	if (full_path) {
-		kfree(full_path);
-	}
+	kfree(tmpbuffer);
+	kfree(full_path);
 	FreeXid(xid);
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c
index eba1de9..34a0669 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -98,14 +98,10 @@
 	atomic_dec(&sesInfoAllocCount);
 	list_del(&buf_to_free->cifsSessionList);
 	write_unlock(&GlobalSMBSeslock);
-	if (buf_to_free->serverOS)
-		kfree(buf_to_free->serverOS);
-	if (buf_to_free->serverDomain)
-		kfree(buf_to_free->serverDomain);
-	if (buf_to_free->serverNOS)
-		kfree(buf_to_free->serverNOS);
-	if (buf_to_free->password)
-		kfree(buf_to_free->password);
+	kfree(buf_to_free->serverOS);
+	kfree(buf_to_free->serverDomain);
+	kfree(buf_to_free->serverNOS);
+	kfree(buf_to_free->password);
 	kfree(buf_to_free);
 }
 
@@ -144,8 +140,7 @@
 	atomic_dec(&tconInfoAllocCount);
 	list_del(&buf_to_free->cifsConnectionList);
 	write_unlock(&GlobalSMBSeslock);
-	if (buf_to_free->nativeFileSystem)
-		kfree(buf_to_free->nativeFileSystem);
+	kfree(buf_to_free->nativeFileSystem);
 	kfree(buf_to_free);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/xattr.c b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
index c1e02ef..f375f87 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@
 			cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 	}
 remove_ea_exit:
-	if (full_path)
-		kfree(full_path);
+	kfree(full_path);
 	FreeXid(xid);
 #endif
 	return rc;
@@ -132,8 +131,7 @@
 		returns as xattrs */
 	if(value_size > MAX_EA_VALUE_SIZE) {
 		cFYI(1,("size of EA value too large"));
-		if(full_path)
-			kfree(full_path);
+		kfree(full_path);
 		FreeXid(xid);
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
@@ -195,8 +193,7 @@
 	}
 
 set_ea_exit:
-	if (full_path)
-		kfree(full_path);
+	kfree(full_path);
 	FreeXid(xid);
 #endif
 	return rc;
@@ -298,8 +295,7 @@
 		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP; 
 
 get_ea_exit:
-	if (full_path)
-		kfree(full_path);
+	kfree(full_path);
 	FreeXid(xid);
 #endif
 	return rc;
@@ -345,8 +341,7 @@
 				cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & 
 					CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 
-	if (full_path)
-		kfree(full_path);
+	kfree(full_path);
 	FreeXid(xid);
 #endif
 	return rc;
diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index 43dbcb0..4909754 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -2235,7 +2235,8 @@
 	if (err)
 		err = -EFAULT;
 
-out:	if (karg) kfree(karg);
+out:
+	kfree(karg);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/devfs/base.c b/fs/devfs/base.c
index 8b679b6..1274422 100644
--- a/fs/devfs/base.c
+++ b/fs/devfs/base.c
@@ -2738,10 +2738,8 @@
 	entry = fs_info->devfsd_first_event;
 	fs_info->devfsd_first_event = NULL;
 	fs_info->devfsd_last_event = NULL;
-	if (fs_info->devfsd_info) {
-		kfree(fs_info->devfsd_info);
-		fs_info->devfsd_info = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(fs_info->devfsd_info);
+	fs_info->devfsd_info = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&fs_info->devfsd_buffer_lock);
 	fs_info->devfsd_pgrp = 0;
 	fs_info->devfsd_task = NULL;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index 213148c..6af2f41 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@
 		acl = NULL;
 	else
 		acl = ERR_PTR(retval);
-	if (value)
-		kfree(value);
+	kfree(value);
 
 	if (!IS_ERR(acl)) {
 		switch(type) {
@@ -262,8 +261,7 @@
 
 	error = ext2_xattr_set(inode, name_index, "", value, size, 0);
 
-	if (value)
-		kfree(value);
+	kfree(value);
 	if (!error) {
 		switch(type) {
 			case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index dd71131..a33fb1d 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -294,8 +294,7 @@
 
 static void hostfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	if(HOSTFS_I(inode)->host_filename)
-		kfree(HOSTFS_I(inode)->host_filename);
+	kfree(HOSTFS_I(inode)->host_filename);
 
 	/*XXX: This should not happen, probably. The check is here for
 	 * additional safety.*/
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/dnode.c b/fs/hpfs/dnode.c
index 1d21307..229ff2f 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/dnode.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/dnode.c
@@ -244,12 +244,12 @@
 	go_up:
 	if (namelen >= 256) {
 		hpfs_error(i->i_sb, "hpfs_add_to_dnode: namelen == %d", namelen);
-		if (nd) kfree(nd);
+		kfree(nd);
 		kfree(nname);
 		return 1;
 	}
 	if (!(d = hpfs_map_dnode(i->i_sb, dno, &qbh))) {
-		if (nd) kfree(nd);
+		kfree(nd);
 		kfree(nname);
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 	if (hpfs_sb(i->i_sb)->sb_chk)
 		if (hpfs_stop_cycles(i->i_sb, dno, &c1, &c2, "hpfs_add_to_dnode")) {
 			hpfs_brelse4(&qbh);
-			if (nd) kfree(nd);
+			kfree(nd);
 			kfree(nname);
 			return 1;
 		}
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 		for_all_poss(i, hpfs_pos_subst, 5, t + 1);
 		hpfs_mark_4buffers_dirty(&qbh);
 		hpfs_brelse4(&qbh);
-		if (nd) kfree(nd);
+		kfree(nd);
 		kfree(nname);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index 8eefa63..63e88d7 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 		} else if (s->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) printk("; going on - but anything won't be destroyed because it's read-only\n");
 		else printk("; corrupted filesystem mounted read/write - your computer will explode within 20 seconds ... but you wanted it so!\n");
 	} else printk("\n");
-	if (buf) kfree(buf);
+	kfree(buf);
 	hpfs_sb(s)->sb_was_error = 1;
 }
 
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@
 static void hpfs_put_super(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	struct hpfs_sb_info *sbi = hpfs_sb(s);
-	if (sbi->sb_cp_table) kfree(sbi->sb_cp_table);
-	if (sbi->sb_bmp_dir) kfree(sbi->sb_bmp_dir);
+	kfree(sbi->sb_cp_table);
+	kfree(sbi->sb_bmp_dir);
 	unmark_dirty(s);
 	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	kfree(sbi);
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@
 bail2:	brelse(bh0);
 bail1:
 bail0:
-	if (sbi->sb_bmp_dir) kfree(sbi->sb_bmp_dir);
-	if (sbi->sb_cp_table) kfree(sbi->sb_cp_table);
+	kfree(sbi->sb_bmp_dir);
+	kfree(sbi->sb_cp_table);
 	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	kfree(sbi);
 	return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index 1652de1..298f08b 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -855,8 +855,7 @@
 	if (opt.check == 'r') table++;
 	s->s_root->d_op = &isofs_dentry_ops[table];
 
-	if (opt.iocharset)
-		kfree(opt.iocharset);
+	kfree(opt.iocharset);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -895,8 +894,7 @@
 out_freebh:
 	brelse(bh);
 out_freesbi:
-	if (opt.iocharset)
-		kfree(opt.iocharset);
+	kfree(opt.iocharset);
 	kfree(sbi);
 	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	return -EINVAL;
@@ -1164,8 +1162,7 @@
 
 out_noread:
 	printk(KERN_INFO "ISOFS: unable to read i-node block %lu\n", block);
-	if (tmpde)
-		kfree(tmpde);
+	kfree(tmpde);
 	return -EIO;
 
 out_toomany:
@@ -1334,8 +1331,7 @@
 		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, inode->i_rdev);
 
 out:
-	if (tmpde)
-		kfree(tmpde);
+	kfree(tmpde);
 	if (bh)
 		brelse(bh);
 	return;
diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index 2a3e310..002ad2b 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -261,10 +261,8 @@
 			struct buffer_head *bh = jh2bh(jh);
 
 			jbd_lock_bh_state(bh);
-			if (jh->b_committed_data) {
-				kfree(jh->b_committed_data);
-				jh->b_committed_data = NULL;
-			}
+			kfree(jh->b_committed_data);
+			jh->b_committed_data = NULL;
 			jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
 		}
 		journal_refile_buffer(journal, jh);
diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
index 13cb05b..429f4b2 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@
 	spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 out:
-	if (new_transaction)
-		kfree(new_transaction);
+	kfree(new_transaction);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -725,8 +724,7 @@
 	journal_cancel_revoke(handle, jh);
 
 out:
-	if (frozen_buffer)
-		kfree(frozen_buffer);
+	kfree(frozen_buffer);
 
 	JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "exit");
 	return error;
@@ -905,8 +903,7 @@
 	jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
 out:
 	journal_put_journal_head(jh);
-	if (committed_data)
-		kfree(committed_data);
+	kfree(committed_data);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs/intrep.c b/fs/jffs/intrep.c
index 27f199e..b2e9542 100644
--- a/fs/jffs/intrep.c
+++ b/fs/jffs/intrep.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Free read buffer */
-	kfree (read_buf);
+	kfree(read_buf);
 
 	/* Return result */
 	D3(printk("checksum result: 0x%08x\n", sum));
@@ -1011,12 +1011,12 @@
 						       offset , fmc->sector_size);
 
 						flash_safe_release(fmc->mtd);
-						kfree (read_buf);
+						kfree(read_buf);
 						return -1; /* bad, bad, bad! */
 
 					}
 					flash_safe_release(fmc->mtd);
-					kfree (read_buf);
+					kfree(read_buf);
 
 					return -EAGAIN; /* erased offending sector. Try mount one more time please. */
 				}
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@
 		if (!node) {
 			if (!(node = jffs_alloc_node())) {
 				/* Free read buffer */
-				kfree (read_buf);
+				kfree(read_buf);
 
 				/* Release the flash device */
 				flash_safe_release(fmc->mtd);
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@
 				DJM(no_jffs_node--);
 
 				/* Free read buffer */
-				kfree (read_buf);
+				kfree(read_buf);
 
 				/* Release the flash device */
 				flash_safe_release(fmc->mtd);
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@
 					flash_safe_release(fmc->flash_part);
 
 					/* Free read buffer */
-					kfree (read_buf);
+					kfree(read_buf);
 
 					return -ENOMEM;
 				}
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@
 	jffs_build_end(fmc);
 
 	/* Free read buffer */
-	kfree (read_buf);
+	kfree(read_buf);
 
 	if(!num_free_space){
 	        printk(KERN_WARNING "jffs_scan_flash(): Did not find even a single "
@@ -1747,9 +1747,7 @@
 		}
 		printk("jffs_find_child(): Didn't find the file \"%s\".\n",
 		       (copy ? copy : ""));
-		if (copy) {
-			kfree(copy);
-		}
+		kfree(copy);
 	});
 
 	return f;
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
index 5b2a835..1a96903 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
 		up(&f->sem);
 		jffs2_do_clear_inode(c, f);
 	}
-	kfree (f);
+	kfree(f);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -742,10 +742,8 @@
 
 	/* For symlink inodes we us f->dents to store the target path name */
 	if (S_ISLNK(OFNI_EDONI_2SFFJ(f)->i_mode)) {
-		if (f->dents) {
-			kfree(f->dents);
-			f->dents = NULL;
-		}
+		kfree(f->dents);
+		f->dents = NULL;
 	} else {
 		fds = f->dents;
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c b/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
index 316133c..7bc7f2d 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
@@ -327,8 +327,7 @@
 		c->wbuf_ofs = ofs + towrite;
 		memmove(c->wbuf, rewrite_buf + towrite, c->wbuf_len);
 		/* Don't muck about with c->wbuf_inodes. False positives are harmless. */
-		if (buf)
-			kfree(buf);
+		kfree(buf);
 	} else {
 		/* OK, now we're left with the dregs in whichever buffer we're using */
 		if (buf) {
diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
index 87332f3..c5a3364 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&host->h_lock);
-	if (new != NULL)
-		kfree(new);
+	kfree(new);
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index 298997f..0f1e453 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@
 	if (cache) {
 		while (--m >= 0)
 			kfree(cache->c_indexes_hash[m]);
-		if (cache->c_block_hash)
-			kfree(cache->c_block_hash);
+		kfree(cache->c_block_hash);
 		kfree(cache);
 	}
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
index 3976c17..618a327 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
-	if (delegation != NULL)
-		kfree(delegation);
+	kfree(delegation);
 	return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 24d2fbf..6391d89 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1688,8 +1688,7 @@
 
 	rpciod_down();		/* release rpciod */
 
-	if (server->hostname != NULL)
-		kfree(server->hostname);
+	kfree(server->hostname);
 	kfree(server);
 }
 
@@ -1908,8 +1907,7 @@
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 	if (copy_from_user(dst, src->data, maxlen)) {
-		if (p != NULL)
-			kfree(p);
+		kfree(p);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 	}
 	dst[maxlen] = '\0';
@@ -2000,10 +1998,8 @@
 out_err:
 	s = (struct super_block *)p;
 out_free:
-	if (server->mnt_path)
-		kfree(server->mnt_path);
-	if (server->hostname)
-		kfree(server->hostname);
+	kfree(server->mnt_path);
+	kfree(server->hostname);
 	kfree(server);
 	return s;
 }
@@ -2023,8 +2019,7 @@
 
 	destroy_nfsv4_state(server);
 
-	if (server->hostname != NULL)
-		kfree(server->hostname);
+	kfree(server->hostname);
 	kfree(server);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index 52a26ba..0675f32 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -69,10 +69,8 @@
 void
 destroy_nfsv4_state(struct nfs_server *server)
 {
-	if (server->mnt_path) {
-		kfree(server->mnt_path);
-		server->mnt_path = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(server->mnt_path);
+	server->mnt_path = NULL;
 	if (server->nfs4_state) {
 		nfs4_put_client(server->nfs4_state);
 		server->nfs4_state = NULL;
@@ -311,8 +309,7 @@
 		new = NULL;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
-	if (new)
-		kfree(new);
+	kfree(new);
 	if (sp != NULL)
 		return sp;
 	put_rpccred(cred);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/unlink.c b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
index f732541..d639d17 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/unlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@
 {
 	if (--data->count == 0) {
 		nfs_detach_unlinkdata(data);
-		if (data->name.name != NULL)
-			kfree(data->name.name);
+		kfree(data->name.name);
 		kfree(data);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index 057aff7..417ec02 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -190,8 +190,7 @@
  out:
 	if (dom)
 		auth_domain_put(dom);
-	if (buf)
-		kfree(buf);
+	kfree(buf);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -428,8 +427,7 @@
 		path_release(&nd);
 	if (dom)
 		auth_domain_put(dom);
-	if (buf)
-		kfree(buf);
+	kfree(buf);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 4c41463..dcd6731 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@
 	if (nbytes <= sizeof(argp->tmp))
 		p = argp->tmp;
 	else {
-		if (argp->tmpp)
-			kfree(argp->tmpp);
+		kfree(argp->tmpp);
 		p = argp->tmpp = kmalloc(nbytes, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!p)
 			return NULL;
@@ -2476,10 +2475,8 @@
 		kfree(args->ops);
 		args->ops = args->iops;
 	}
-	if (args->tmpp) {
-		kfree(args->tmpp);
-		args->tmpp = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(args->tmpp);
+	args->tmpp = NULL;
 	while (args->to_free) {
 		struct tmpbuf *tb = args->to_free;
 		args->to_free = tb->next;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c b/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
index 119e4d4..d852ebb 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfscache.c
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@
 
 	cache_disabled = 1;
 
-	if (hash_list)
-		kfree (hash_list);
+	kfree (hash_list);
 	hash_list = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
index 1be11ce..aeb0106 100644
--- a/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/openpromfs/inode.c
@@ -1088,8 +1088,7 @@
 	unregister_filesystem(&openprom_fs_type);
 	free_pages ((unsigned long)nodes, alloced);
 	for (i = 0; i < aliases_nodes; i++)
-		if (alias_names [i])
-			kfree (alias_names [i]);
+		kfree (alias_names [i]);
 	nodes = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/udf/udf_sb.h b/fs/udf/udf_sb.h
index 0e54922..6636698 100644
--- a/fs/udf/udf_sb.h
+++ b/fs/udf/udf_sb.h
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
 {\
 	if (UDF_SB(X))\
 	{\
-		if (UDF_SB_PARTMAPS(X))\
-			kfree(UDF_SB_PARTMAPS(X));\
+		kfree(UDF_SB_PARTMAPS(X));\
 		UDF_SB_PARTMAPS(X) = NULL;\
 	}\
 }
diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index f036d69..54828eb 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -472,13 +472,14 @@
 	return 1;
 
 failed:
-	if (base) kfree (base);
+	kfree (base);
 	if (sbi->s_ucg) {
 		for (i = 0; i < uspi->s_ncg; i++)
-			if (sbi->s_ucg[i]) brelse (sbi->s_ucg[i]);
+			if (sbi->s_ucg[i])
+				brelse (sbi->s_ucg[i]);
 		kfree (sbi->s_ucg);
 		for (i = 0; i < UFS_MAX_GROUP_LOADED; i++)
-			if (sbi->s_ucpi[i]) kfree (sbi->s_ucpi[i]);
+			kfree (sbi->s_ucpi[i]);
 	}
 	UFSD(("EXIT (FAILED)\n"))
 	return 0;
@@ -981,9 +982,10 @@
 dalloc_failed:
 	iput(inode);
 failed:
-	if (ubh) ubh_brelse_uspi (uspi);
-	if (uspi) kfree (uspi);
-	if (sbi) kfree(sbi);
+	if (ubh)
+		ubh_brelse_uspi (uspi);
+	kfree (uspi);
+	kfree(sbi);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	UFSD(("EXIT (FAILED)\n"))
 	return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index f6e00c0..a9db225 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@
 	}
 out:
 	up(&d->d_inode->i_sem);
-	if (kvalue)
-		kfree(kvalue);
+	kfree(kvalue);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -173,8 +172,7 @@
 		error = -E2BIG;
 	}
 out:
-	if (kvalue)
-		kfree(kvalue);
+	kfree(kvalue);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -259,8 +257,7 @@
 		error = -E2BIG;
 	}
 out:
-	if (klist)
-		kfree(klist);
+	kfree(klist);
 	return error;
 }