1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index c033dc8fa9af..74b8dbca150e 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ int kobject_add(struct kobject * kobj)
         if (error) {
                 /* unlink does the kobject_put() for us */
                 unlink(kobj);
-                if (parent)
-                        kobject_put(parent);
+                kobject_put(parent);
 
                 /* be noisy on error issues */
                 if (error == -EEXIST)
@@ -420,8 +419,7 @@ void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject * kobj)
                 t->release(kobj);
         if (s)
                 kset_put(s);
-        if (parent) 
-                kobject_put(parent);
+        kobject_put(parent);
 }
 
 static void kobject_release(struct kref *kref)