diff --git a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
index 93c72e593701..c79578b5a788 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
@@ -395,12 +395,7 @@ static long hidraw_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 				}
 
 				if (_IOC_NR(cmd) == _IOC_NR(HIDIOCGRAWNAME(0))) {
-					int len;
-					if (!hid->name) {
-						ret = 0;
-						break;
-					}
-					len = strlen(hid->name) + 1;
+					int len = strlen(hid->name) + 1;
 					if (len > _IOC_SIZE(cmd))
 						len = _IOC_SIZE(cmd);
 					ret = copy_to_user(user_arg, hid->name, len) ?
@@ -409,12 +404,7 @@ static long hidraw_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 				}
 
 				if (_IOC_NR(cmd) == _IOC_NR(HIDIOCGRAWPHYS(0))) {
-					int len;
-					if (!hid->phys) {
-						ret = 0;
-						break;
-					}
-					len = strlen(hid->phys) + 1;
+					int len = strlen(hid->phys) + 1;
 					if (len > _IOC_SIZE(cmd))
 						len = _IOC_SIZE(cmd);
 					ret = copy_to_user(user_arg, hid->phys, len) ?
diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
index 527003188bfe..2baa71e6cc29 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
@@ -801,14 +801,7 @@ static long hiddev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			break;
 
 		if (_IOC_NR(cmd) == _IOC_NR(HIDIOCGNAME(0))) {
-			int len;
-
-			if (!hid->name) {
-				r = 0;
-				break;
-			}
-
-			len = strlen(hid->name) + 1;
+			int len = strlen(hid->name) + 1;
 			if (len > _IOC_SIZE(cmd))
 				 len = _IOC_SIZE(cmd);
 			r = copy_to_user(user_arg, hid->name, len) ?
@@ -817,14 +810,7 @@ static long hiddev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		}
 
 		if (_IOC_NR(cmd) == _IOC_NR(HIDIOCGPHYS(0))) {
-			int len;
-
-			if (!hid->phys) {
-				r = 0;
-				break;
-			}
-
-			len = strlen(hid->phys) + 1;
+			int len = strlen(hid->phys) + 1;
 			if (len > _IOC_SIZE(cmd))
 				len = _IOC_SIZE(cmd);
 			r = copy_to_user(user_arg, hid->phys, len) ?