return -ENODEV;
 
        iter = __seq_open_private(file, &show_ftrace_seq_ops, sizeof(*iter));
-       if (iter) {
-               iter->pg = ftrace_pages_start;
-               iter->ops = &global_ops;
-       }
+       if (!iter)
+               return -ENOMEM;
 
-       return iter ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+       iter->pg = ftrace_pages_start;
+       iter->ops = &global_ops;
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int
        struct ftrace_iterator *iter;
 
        iter = __seq_open_private(file, &show_ftrace_seq_ops, sizeof(*iter));
-       if (iter) {
-               iter->pg = ftrace_pages_start;
-               iter->flags = FTRACE_ITER_ENABLED;
-               iter->ops = &global_ops;
-       }
+       if (!iter)
+               return -ENOMEM;
 
-       return iter ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+       iter->pg = ftrace_pages_start;
+       iter->flags = FTRACE_ITER_ENABLED;
+       iter->ops = &global_ops;
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**