LASSERT(*lsmp == NULL);
        *lsmp = kzalloc(lsm_size, GFP_NOFS);
-       if (*lsmp == NULL)
+       if (!*lsmp)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        (*lsmp)->lsm_oinfo[0] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lov_oinfo), GFP_NOFS);
-       if ((*lsmp)->lsm_oinfo[0] == NULL) {
+       if (!(*lsmp)->lsm_oinfo[0]) {
                kfree(*lsmp);
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
        int cleanup = 0;
 
        ed = kzalloc(sizeof(*ed), GFP_NOFS);
-       if (ed == NULL) {
+       if (!ed) {
                rc = -ENOMEM;
                goto out;
        }
                return rc;
 
        env = kzalloc(sizeof(*env), GFP_NOFS);
-       if (env == NULL)
+       if (!env)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        rc = lu_env_init(env, LCT_DT_THREAD);
        ec->ec_nstripes = 0;
 
        ocd = kzalloc(sizeof(*ocd), GFP_NOFS);
-       if (ocd == NULL) {
+       if (!ocd) {
                CERROR("Can't alloc ocd connecting to %s\n",
                       lustre_cfg_string(lcfg, 1));
                return -ENOMEM;