diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 7e83f74cd5de..90ce9ddb9451 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ struct nf_conn *nf_conntrack_alloc(struct net *net,
 				   const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *repl,
 				   gfp_t gfp)
 {
-	struct nf_conn *ct = NULL;
+	struct nf_conn *ct;
 
 	if (unlikely(!nf_conntrack_hash_rnd_initted)) {
 		get_random_bytes(&nf_conntrack_hash_rnd, 4);
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ init_conntrack(struct net *net,
 	}
 
 	ct = nf_conntrack_alloc(net, tuple, &repl_tuple, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (ct == NULL || IS_ERR(ct)) {
+	if (IS_ERR(ct)) {
 		pr_debug("Can't allocate conntrack.\n");
 		return (struct nf_conntrack_tuple_hash *)ct;
 	}
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 00e8c27130ff..3dddec6d2f7e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ ctnetlink_create_conntrack(struct nlattr *cda[],
 	struct nf_conntrack_helper *helper;
 
 	ct = nf_conntrack_alloc(&init_net, otuple, rtuple, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (ct == NULL || IS_ERR(ct))
+	if (IS_ERR(ct))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (!cda[CTA_TIMEOUT])