mycs->num_yuv_scaler = cas_scaler_descr.num_stage;
                mycs->yuv_scaler_binary = kzalloc(cas_scaler_descr.num_stage *
                        sizeof(struct ia_css_binary), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (mycs->yuv_scaler_binary == NULL) {
+               if (!mycs->yuv_scaler_binary) {
                        err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                        return err;
                }
                mycs->is_output_stage = kzalloc(cas_scaler_descr.num_stage
                                        * sizeof(bool), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (mycs->is_output_stage == NULL) {
+               if (!mycs->is_output_stage) {
                        err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                        return err;
                }
                mycs->num_yuv_scaler = cas_scaler_descr.num_stage;
                mycs->yuv_scaler_binary = kzalloc(cas_scaler_descr.num_stage *
                        sizeof(struct ia_css_binary), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (mycs->yuv_scaler_binary == NULL) {
+               if (!mycs->yuv_scaler_binary) {
                        err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                        IA_CSS_LEAVE_ERR_PRIVATE(err);
                        return err;
                }
                mycs->is_output_stage = kzalloc(cas_scaler_descr.num_stage *
                        sizeof(bool), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (mycs->is_output_stage == NULL) {
+               if (!mycs->is_output_stage) {
                        err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                        IA_CSS_LEAVE_ERR_PRIVATE(err);
                        return err;
        }
 
        descr->in_info = kmalloc(descr->num_stage * sizeof(struct ia_css_frame_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (descr->in_info == NULL) {
+       if (!descr->in_info) {
                err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                goto ERR;
        }
        descr->internal_out_info = kmalloc(descr->num_stage * sizeof(struct ia_css_frame_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (descr->internal_out_info == NULL) {
+       if (!descr->internal_out_info) {
                err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                goto ERR;
        }
        descr->out_info = kmalloc(descr->num_stage * sizeof(struct ia_css_frame_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (descr->out_info == NULL) {
+       if (!descr->out_info) {
                err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                goto ERR;
        }
        descr->vf_info = kmalloc(descr->num_stage * sizeof(struct ia_css_frame_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (descr->vf_info == NULL) {
+       if (!descr->vf_info) {
                err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                goto ERR;
        }
        descr->is_output_stage = kmalloc(descr->num_stage * sizeof(bool), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (descr->is_output_stage == NULL) {
+       if (!descr->is_output_stage) {
                err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                goto ERR;
        }
        descr->num_stage = num_stages;
 
        descr->in_info = kmalloc(descr->num_stage * sizeof(struct ia_css_frame_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (descr->in_info == NULL) {
+       if (!descr->in_info) {
                err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                goto ERR;
        }
        descr->internal_out_info = kmalloc(descr->num_stage * sizeof(struct ia_css_frame_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (descr->internal_out_info == NULL) {
+       if (!descr->internal_out_info) {
                err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                goto ERR;
        }
        descr->out_info = kmalloc(descr->num_stage * sizeof(struct ia_css_frame_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (descr->out_info == NULL) {
+       if (!descr->out_info) {
                err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                goto ERR;
        }
        descr->vf_info = kmalloc(descr->num_stage * sizeof(struct ia_css_frame_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (descr->vf_info == NULL) {
+       if (!descr->vf_info) {
                err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                goto ERR;
        }
                mycs->num_yuv_scaler = cas_scaler_descr.num_stage;
                mycs->yuv_scaler_binary = kzalloc(cas_scaler_descr.num_stage *
                        sizeof(struct ia_css_binary), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (mycs->yuv_scaler_binary == NULL) {
+               if (!mycs->yuv_scaler_binary) {
                        err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                        goto ERR;
                }
                mycs->is_output_stage = kzalloc(cas_scaler_descr.num_stage *
                        sizeof(bool), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (mycs->is_output_stage == NULL) {
+               if (!mycs->is_output_stage) {
                        err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                        goto ERR;
                }
        }
        mycs->vf_pp_binary = kzalloc(mycs->num_vf_pp * sizeof(struct ia_css_binary),
                                                GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (mycs->vf_pp_binary == NULL) {
+       if (!mycs->vf_pp_binary) {
                err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                goto ERR;
        }
 
        /* allocate the stream instance */
        curr_stream = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ia_css_stream), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (curr_stream == NULL) {
+       if (!curr_stream) {
                err = IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
                IA_CSS_LEAVE_ERR(err);
                return err;
        /* allocate pipes */
        curr_stream->num_pipes = num_pipes;
        curr_stream->pipes = kzalloc(num_pipes * sizeof(struct ia_css_pipe *), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (curr_stream->pipes == NULL) {
+       if (!curr_stream->pipes) {
                curr_stream->num_pipes = 0;
                kfree(curr_stream);
                curr_stream = NULL;