diff --git a/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c b/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c
index c3f90910fed9..08633a8139ff 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/synclinkmp.c
@@ -1655,7 +1655,8 @@ static int hdlcdev_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		printk("%s:hdlcdev_open(%s)\n",__FILE__,dev->name);
 
 	/* generic HDLC layer open processing */
-	if ((rc = hdlc_open(dev)))
+	rc = hdlc_open(dev);
+	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
 	/* arbitrate between network and tty opens */
@@ -1922,7 +1923,8 @@ static int hdlcdev_init(SLMP_INFO *info)
 
 	/* allocate and initialize network and HDLC layer objects */
 
-	if (!(dev = alloc_hdlcdev(info))) {
+	dev = alloc_hdlcdev(info);
+	if (!dev) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s:hdlc device allocation failure\n",__FILE__);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -1943,7 +1945,8 @@ static int hdlcdev_init(SLMP_INFO *info)
 	hdlc->xmit   = hdlcdev_xmit;
 
 	/* register objects with HDLC layer */
-	if ((rc = register_hdlc_device(dev))) {
+	rc = register_hdlc_device(dev);
+	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s:unable to register hdlc device\n",__FILE__);
 		free_netdev(dev);
 		return rc;
@@ -3920,7 +3923,8 @@ static void synclinkmp_cleanup(void)
 	printk("Unloading %s %s\n", driver_name, driver_version);
 
 	if (serial_driver) {
-		if ((rc = tty_unregister_driver(serial_driver)))
+		rc = tty_unregister_driver(serial_driver);
+		if (rc)
 			printk("%s(%d) failed to unregister tty driver err=%d\n",
 			       __FILE__,__LINE__,rc);
 		put_tty_driver(serial_driver);