2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 7e83f74cd5d..90ce9ddb945 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ struct nf_conn *nf_conntrack_alloc(struct net *net,
                                    const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *repl,
                                    gfp_t gfp)
 {
-        struct nf_conn *ct = NULL;
+        struct nf_conn *ct;
 
         if (unlikely(!nf_conntrack_hash_rnd_initted)) {
                 get_random_bytes(&nf_conntrack_hash_rnd, 4);
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ init_conntrack(struct net *net,
         }
 
         ct = nf_conntrack_alloc(net, tuple, &repl_tuple, GFP_ATOMIC);
-        if (ct == NULL || IS_ERR(ct)) {
+        if (IS_ERR(ct)) {
                 pr_debug("Can't allocate conntrack.\n");
                 return (struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *)ct;
         }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 00e8c27130f..3dddec6d2f7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ ctnetlink_create_conntrack(struct nlattr *cda[],
         struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
 
         ct = nf_conntrack_alloc(&init_net, otuple, rtuple, GFP_ATOMIC);
-        if (ct == NULL || IS_ERR(ct))
+        if (IS_ERR(ct))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         if (!cda[CTA_TIMEOUT])