diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c
index 0222fd2e4757..de6f795e05d1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c
@@ -480,11 +480,11 @@ static int echo_alloc_memmd(struct echo_device *ed,
 
 	LASSERT(*lsmp == NULL);
 	*lsmp = kzalloc(lsm_size, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (*lsmp == NULL)
+	if (!*lsmp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	(*lsmp)->lsm_oinfo[0] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lov_oinfo), GFP_NOFS);
-	if ((*lsmp)->lsm_oinfo[0] == NULL) {
+	if (!(*lsmp)->lsm_oinfo[0]) {
 		kfree(*lsmp);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static struct lu_device *echo_device_alloc(const struct lu_env *env,
 	int cleanup = 0;
 
 	ed = kzalloc(sizeof(*ed), GFP_NOFS);
-	if (ed == NULL) {
+	if (!ed) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ echo_client_iocontrol(unsigned int cmd, struct obd_export *exp, int len,
 		return rc;
 
 	env = kzalloc(sizeof(*env), GFP_NOFS);
-	if (env == NULL)
+	if (!env)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	rc = lu_env_init(env, LCT_DT_THREAD);
@@ -2049,7 +2049,7 @@ static int echo_client_setup(const struct lu_env *env,
 	ec->ec_nstripes = 0;
 
 	ocd = kzalloc(sizeof(*ocd), GFP_NOFS);
-	if (ocd == NULL) {
+	if (!ocd) {
 		CERROR("Can't alloc ocd connecting to %s\n",
 		       lustre_cfg_string(lcfg, 1));
 		return -ENOMEM;