diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index ad594fef2ab0..6e774c5ea13b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2508,9 +2508,7 @@ int ocfs2_inode_lock_full_nested(struct inode *inode,
 			ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, ex);
 	}
 
-	if (local_bh)
-		brelse(local_bh);
-
+	brelse(local_bh);
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -2593,8 +2591,7 @@ int ocfs2_inode_lock_atime(struct inode *inode,
 		*level = 1;
 		if (ocfs2_should_update_atime(inode, vfsmnt))
 			ocfs2_update_inode_atime(inode, bh);
-		if (bh)
-			brelse(bh);
+		brelse(bh);
 	} else
 		*level = 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
index e66a249fe07c..e3e2d1b2af51 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
@@ -590,8 +590,7 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_get_clusters(struct inode *inode, u32 v_cluster,
 			*extent_flags = rec->e_flags;
 	}
 out:
-	if (eb_bh)
-		brelse(eb_bh);
+	brelse(eb_bh);
 	return ret;
 }