diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/topology.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/topology.c
index b47476d655f1..e9b628ba64e5 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/topology.c
@@ -305,13 +305,10 @@ static struct kobj_type cache_ktype_percpu_entry = {
 
 static void __cpuinit cpu_cache_sysfs_exit(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	if (all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].cache_leaves) {
-		kfree(all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].cache_leaves);
-		all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].cache_leaves = NULL;
-	}
+	kfree(all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].cache_leaves);
+	all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].cache_leaves = NULL;
 	all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].num_cache_leaves = 0;
 	memset(&all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].kobj, 0, sizeof(struct kobject));
-
 	return;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_partition.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_partition.c
index 94211429fd0c..2a89cfce4954 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_partition.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/xpc_partition.c
@@ -136,9 +136,7 @@ xpc_get_rsvd_page_pa(int nasid)
 		}
 
 		if (L1_CACHE_ALIGN(len) > buf_len) {
-			if (buf_base != NULL) {
-				kfree(buf_base);
-			}
+			kfree(buf_base);
 			buf_len = L1_CACHE_ALIGN(len);
 			buf = (u64) xpc_kmalloc_cacheline_aligned(buf_len,
 							GFP_KERNEL, &buf_base);
@@ -159,9 +157,7 @@ xpc_get_rsvd_page_pa(int nasid)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (buf_base != NULL) {
-		kfree(buf_base);
-	}
+	kfree(buf_base);
 
 	if (status != SALRET_OK) {
 		rp_pa = 0;