2 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
index 47fff7bbf348..d1c1c30d123f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
@@ -5770,7 +5770,7 @@ module_init(ata_init);
 module_exit(ata_exit);
 
 static unsigned long ratelimit_time;
-static spinlock_t ata_ratelimit_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ata_ratelimit_lock);
 
 int ata_ratelimit(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
index 93d18a74c401..2915bca691e8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
@@ -222,9 +222,7 @@ int ata_cmd_ioctl(struct scsi_device *scsidev, void __user *arg)
          && copy_to_user(arg + sizeof(args), argbuf, argsize))
                 rc = -EFAULT;
 error:
-        if (argbuf)
-                kfree(argbuf);
-
+        kfree(argbuf);
         return rc;
 }