}
 
        req = nbd_find_request(lo, *(struct request **)reply.handle);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(req))) {
+       if (IS_ERR(req)) {
                result = PTR_ERR(req);
                if (result != -ENOENT)
                        goto harderror;
 
 
        led_cdev->dev = device_create(leds_class, parent, 0, "%s",
                                            led_cdev->name);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(led_cdev->dev)))
+       if (IS_ERR(led_cdev->dev))
                return PTR_ERR(led_cdev->dev);
 
        dev_set_drvdata(led_cdev->dev, led_cdev);
 
        /* connect the i2o_block_request to the request */
        if (!req->special) {
                ireq = i2o_block_request_alloc();
-               if (unlikely(IS_ERR(ireq))) {
+               if (IS_ERR(ireq)) {
                        osm_debug("unable to allocate i2o_block_request!\n");
                        return BLKPREP_DEFER;
                }
 
        int status;
 
        segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, dev->features & ~NETIF_F_TSO6);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(segs)))
+       if (IS_ERR(segs))
                goto drop;
 
        while (segs) {
 
        }
 
        segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, tp->dev->features & ~NETIF_F_TSO);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(segs)))
+       if (IS_ERR(segs))
                goto tg3_tso_bug_end;
 
        do {
 
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        rtc->rtc_dev = rtc_device_register(pdev->name, &pdev->dev, &bfin_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(rtc))) {
+       if (IS_ERR(rtc)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev);
                goto err;
        }
 
        }
 
        p = kthread_run(do_scan_async, data, "scsi_scan_%d", shost->host_no);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(p)))
+       if (IS_ERR(p))
                do_scan_async(data);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_scan_host);
 
                 * event using the eventfd_signal() function.
                 */
                req->ki_eventfd = eventfd_fget((int) iocb->aio_resfd);
-               if (unlikely(IS_ERR(req->ki_eventfd))) {
+               if (IS_ERR(req->ki_eventfd)) {
                        ret = PTR_ERR(req->ki_eventfd);
                        goto out_put_req;
                }
 
 
        lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(ecryptfs_dentry);
        lower_dir_dentry = lock_parent(lower_dentry);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(lower_dir_dentry))) {
+       if (IS_ERR(lower_dir_dentry)) {
                ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error locking directory of "
                                "dentry\n");
                rc = PTR_ERR(lower_dir_dentry);
 
        }
 
        ih = inotify_init(&inotify_user_ops);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(ih))) {
+       if (IS_ERR(ih)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(ih);
                goto out_free_dev;
        }
 
                if (size) {
                        page = ntfs_map_page(mftbmp_mapping,
                                        ofs >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
-                       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(page))) {
+                       if (IS_ERR(page)) {
                                ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to read mft "
                                                "bitmap, aborting.");
                                return PTR_ERR(page);
        }
        /* Read, map, and pin the page containing the mft record. */
        page = ntfs_map_page(mft_vi->i_mapping, index);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(page))) {
+       if (IS_ERR(page)) {
                ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to map page containing mft record "
                                "to format 0x%llx.", (long long)mft_no);
                return PTR_ERR(page);
        ofs = (bit << vol->mft_record_size_bits) & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
        /* Read, map, and pin the page containing the mft record. */
        page = ntfs_map_page(vol->mft_ino->i_mapping, index);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(page))) {
+       if (IS_ERR(page)) {
                ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to map page containing allocated "
                                "mft record 0x%llx.", (long long)bit);
                err = PTR_ERR(page);
 
                return -EINVAL;
 
        watch = audit_init_watch(path);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(watch)))
+       if (IS_ERR(watch))
                return PTR_ERR(watch);
 
        audit_get_watch(watch);
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
        new = audit_init_watch(path);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(new))) {
+       if (IS_ERR(new)) {
                kfree(path);
                goto out;
        }
                        audit_set_auditable(current->audit_context);
 
                nwatch = audit_dupe_watch(owatch);
-               if (unlikely(IS_ERR(nwatch))) {
+               if (IS_ERR(nwatch)) {
                        mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
                        audit_panic("error updating watch, skipping");
                        return;
                        list_del_rcu(&oentry->list);
 
                        nentry = audit_dupe_rule(&oentry->rule, nwatch);
-                       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(nentry)))
+                       if (IS_ERR(nentry))
                                audit_panic("error updating watch, removing");
                        else {
                                int h = audit_hash_ino((u32)ino);
                        watch = entry->rule.watch;
                        tree = entry->rule.tree;
                        nentry = audit_dupe_rule(&entry->rule, watch);
-                       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(nentry))) {
+                       if (IS_ERR(nentry)) {
                                /* save the first error encountered for the
                                 * return value */
                                if (!err)
 
        if (!segs)
                return 0;
 
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(segs)))
+       if (IS_ERR(segs))
                return PTR_ERR(segs);
 
        skb->next = segs;
 
                segs = ops->gso_segment(skb, features);
        rcu_read_unlock();
 
-       if (!segs || unlikely(IS_ERR(segs)))
+       if (!segs || IS_ERR(segs))
                goto out;
 
        skb = segs;
 
 
        segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, 0);
        kfree_skb(skb);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(segs)))
+       if (IS_ERR(segs))
                return 1;
 
        do {
 
 
        segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, 0);
        kfree_skb(skb);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(segs)))
+       if (IS_ERR(segs))
                return PTR_ERR(segs);
 
        do {
 
                return err;
        pd = platform_device_register_simple(SND_AICA_DRIVER, -1,
                                             aica_memory_space, 2);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(pd))) {
+       if (IS_ERR(pd)) {
                platform_driver_unregister(&snd_aica_driver);
                return PTR_ERR(pd);
        }