diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
index 808b8419bc48..bf71583296f7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static int read_exceptions(struct pstore *ps,
 		chunk = area_location(ps, ps->current_area);
 
 		area = dm_bufio_read(client, chunk, &bp);
-		if (unlikely(IS_ERR(area))) {
+		if (IS_ERR(area)) {
 			r = PTR_ERR(area);
 			goto ret_destroy_bufio;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity.c
index 3adb3323b8c3..26eff8d41ed2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int verity_verify_level(struct dm_verity_io *io, sector_t block,
 	verity_hash_at_level(v, block, level, &hash_block, &offset);
 
 	data = dm_bufio_read(v->bufio, hash_block, &buf);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(data)))
+	if (IS_ERR(data))
 		return PTR_ERR(data);
 
 	aux = dm_bufio_get_aux_data(buf);
diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
index 4d6c9b689eaa..88dbe7b97c2c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ int dm_bm_read_lock(struct dm_block_manager *bm, dm_block_t b,
 	int r;
 
 	p = dm_bufio_read(bm->bufio, b, (struct dm_buffer **) result);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(p)))
+	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		return PTR_ERR(p);
 
 	aux = dm_bufio_get_aux_data(to_buffer(*result));
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ int dm_bm_write_lock(struct dm_block_manager *bm,
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	p = dm_bufio_read(bm->bufio, b, (struct dm_buffer **) result);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(p)))
+	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		return PTR_ERR(p);
 
 	aux = dm_bufio_get_aux_data(to_buffer(*result));
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ int dm_bm_read_try_lock(struct dm_block_manager *bm,
 	int r;
 
 	p = dm_bufio_get(bm->bufio, b, (struct dm_buffer **) result);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(p)))
+	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		return PTR_ERR(p);
 	if (unlikely(!p))
 		return -EWOULDBLOCK;
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ int dm_bm_write_lock_zero(struct dm_block_manager *bm,
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	p = dm_bufio_new(bm->bufio, b, (struct dm_buffer **) result);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(p)))
+	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		return PTR_ERR(p);
 
 	memset(p, 0, dm_bm_block_size(bm));