diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 47093cda9df3..1a73e9c4e752 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -3259,11 +3259,10 @@ bool clk_is_match(const struct clk *p, const struct clk *q)
 		return true;
 
 	/* true if clk->core pointers match. Avoid dereferencing garbage */
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(p) && !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(q))
-		if (p->core == q->core)
-			return true;
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(p) || IS_ERR_OR_NULL(q))
+		return false;
 
-	return false;
+	return p->core == q->core;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clk_is_match);