diff --git a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/core/chnl_sm.c b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/core/chnl_sm.c
index 3c05d7cb9c94..8381130e1460 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/core/chnl_sm.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/core/chnl_sm.c
@@ -828,8 +828,7 @@ int bridge_chnl_open(struct chnl_object **chnl,
 	free_chirp_list(&pchnl->io_requests);
 	free_chirp_list(&pchnl->free_packets_list);
 
-	if (sync_event)
-		kfree(sync_event);
+	kfree(sync_event);
 
 	if (pchnl->ntfy_obj) {
 		ntfy_delete(pchnl->ntfy_obj);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/pmgr/dbll.c b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/pmgr/dbll.c
index 2e20f78e2c31..31da62b14bc9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/pmgr/dbll.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/pmgr/dbll.c
@@ -272,8 +272,7 @@ void dbll_delete(struct dbll_tar_obj *target)
 	DBC_REQUIRE(refs > 0);
 	DBC_REQUIRE(zl_target);
 
-	if (zl_target != NULL)
-		kfree(zl_target);
+	kfree(zl_target);
 
 }