if (!ud) {
                struct eth1394_node_ref *node;
                node = eth1394_find_node_nodeid(&priv->ip_node_list, srcid);
-               if (!node) {
+               if (unlikely(!node)) {
                        HPSB_PRINT(KERN_ERR, "ether1394 rx: sender nodeid "
                                   "lookup failure: " NODE_BUS_FMT,
                                   NODE_BUS_ARGS(priv->host, srcid));
                 * high level network layer. */
 
                skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + dev->hard_header_len + 15);
-               if (!skb) {
+               if (unlikely(!skb)) {
                        ETH1394_PRINT_G(KERN_ERR, "Out of memory\n");
                        priv->stats.rx_dropped++;
                        return -1;
        struct eth1394_host_info *hi;
 
        hi = hpsb_get_hostinfo(ð1394_highlevel, host);
-       if (hi == NULL) {
+       if (unlikely(!hi)) {
                ETH1394_PRINT_G(KERN_ERR, "No net device at fw-host%d\n",
                                host->id);
                return RCODE_ADDRESS_ERROR;
        int nready;
 
        hi = hpsb_get_hostinfo(ð1394_highlevel, iso->host);
-       if (hi == NULL) {
+       if (unlikely(!hi)) {
                ETH1394_PRINT_G(KERN_ERR, "No net device at fw-host%d\n",
                                iso->host->id);
                return;