diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-crypto.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-crypto.c
index ec758019bad6..1d2f70fda944 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-crypto.c
@@ -251,10 +251,8 @@ static int cfs_crypto_test_hashes(void)
 	unsigned int	    data_len = 1 * 128 * 1024;
 
 	data = kmalloc(data_len, 0);
-	if (!data) {
-		CERROR("Failed to allocate mem\n");
+	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	for (j = 0; j < data_len; j++)
 		data[j] = j & 0xff;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
index f7ee605c74d0..992573eae1b1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/llog.c
@@ -365,10 +365,8 @@ int llog_process_or_fork(const struct lu_env *env,
 	int		      rc;
 
 	lpi = kzalloc(sizeof(*lpi), GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!lpi) {
-		CERROR("cannot alloc pointer\n");
+	if (!lpi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 	lpi->lpi_loghandle = loghandle;
 	lpi->lpi_cb	= cb;
 	lpi->lpi_cbdata    = data;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c
index ec2f255d65ee..3edd7c80ce18 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c
@@ -1768,11 +1768,8 @@ static int echo_client_setup(const struct lu_env *env,
 	ec->ec_unique = 0;
 
 	ocd = kzalloc(sizeof(*ocd), GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!ocd) {
-		CERROR("Can't alloc ocd connecting to %s\n",
-		       lustre_cfg_string(lcfg, 1));
+	if (!ocd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	ocd->ocd_connect_flags = OBD_CONNECT_VERSION | OBD_CONNECT_REQPORTAL |
 				 OBD_CONNECT_BRW_SIZE |