BUG_ON(counter->mite_chan);
        mite_chan = mite_request_channel(devpriv->mite,
                                         mite_ring(devpriv, counter));
-       if (mite_chan == NULL) {
+       if (!mite_chan) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devpriv->mite_channel_lock, flags);
                dev_err(dev->class_dev,
                        "failed to reserve mite dma channel for counter\n");
                for (j = 0; j < counters_per_chip; ++j) {
                        devpriv->mite_rings[i][j] =
                            mite_alloc_ring(devpriv->mite);
-                       if (devpriv->mite_rings[i][j] == NULL)
+                       if (!devpriv->mite_rings[i][j])
                                return -ENOMEM;
                }
        }
                                                     ni_gpct_variant_660x,
                                                     ni_660x_num_counters
                                                     (dev));
-       if (devpriv->counter_dev == NULL)
+       if (!devpriv->counter_dev)
                return -ENOMEM;
        for (i = 0; i < NI_660X_MAX_NUM_COUNTERS; ++i) {
                s = &dev->subdevices[NI_660X_GPCT_SUBDEV(i)];