diff --git a/kernel/irq/affinity.c b/kernel/irq/affinity.c
index f4f29b9d90ee75..0d83cdc39ace78 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/affinity.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/affinity.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ static void irq_spread_init_one(struct cpumask *irqmsk, struct cpumask *nmsk,
 	const struct cpumask *siblmsk;
 	int cpu, sibl;
 
-	for ( ; cpus_per_vec > 0; ) {
+	while (cpus_per_vec > 0) {
 		cpu = cpumask_first(nmsk);
 
 		/* Should not happen, but I'm too lazy to think about it */
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static cpumask_var_t *alloc_node_to_cpumask(void)
 	if (!masks)
 		return NULL;
 
-	for (node = 0; node < nr_node_ids; node++) {
+	for (node = nr_node_ids; --node;) {
 		if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&masks[node], GFP_KERNEL))
 			goto out_unwind;
 	}
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ static cpumask_var_t *alloc_node_to_cpumask(void)
 
 static void free_node_to_cpumask(cpumask_var_t *masks)
 {
-	int node;
+	int node = nr_node_ids;
 
-	for (node = 0; node < nr_node_ids; node++)
+	while (--node)
 		free_cpumask_var(masks[node]);
 	kfree(masks);
 }
@@ -185,10 +185,8 @@ irq_create_affinity_masks(int nvecs, const struct irq_affinity *affd)
 	 * If there aren't any vectors left after applying the pre/post
 	 * vectors don't bother with assigning affinity.
 	 */
-	if (nvecs == affd->pre_vectors + affd->post_vectors)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&nmsk, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (nvecs == affd->pre_vectors + affd->post_vectors ||
+			!zalloc_cpumask_var(&nmsk, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&npresmsk, GFP_KERNEL))
diff --git a/kernel/irq/pm.c b/kernel/irq/pm.c
index d6961d3c6f9e26..2645b6deb04b87 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/pm.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/pm.c
@@ -165,9 +165,8 @@ static void resume_irqs(bool want_early)
 		bool is_early = desc->action &&
 			desc->action->flags & IRQF_EARLY_RESUME;
 
-		if (!is_early && want_early)
-			continue;
-		if (irq_settings_is_nested_thread(desc))
+		if ((!is_early && want_early) ||
+			irq_settings_is_nested_thread(desc))
 			continue;
 
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index 3f8a35104285ab..d827a18ec61210 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -87,10 +87,8 @@ static inline struct task_struct *__mutex_trylock_or_owner(struct mutex *lock)
 		unsigned long task = owner & ~MUTEX_FLAGS;
 
 		if (task) {
-			if (likely(task != curr))
-				break;
-
-			if (likely(!(flags & MUTEX_FLAG_PICKUP)))
+			if (likely(task != curr) ||
+					likely(!(flags & MUTEX_FLAG_PICKUP)))
 				break;
 
 			flags &= ~MUTEX_FLAG_PICKUP;
@@ -141,20 +139,14 @@ static __always_inline bool __mutex_trylock_fast(struct mutex *lock)
 	unsigned long curr = (unsigned long)current;
 	unsigned long zero = 0UL;
 
-	if (atomic_long_try_cmpxchg_acquire(&lock->owner, &zero, curr))
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
+	return (bool)atomic_long_try_cmpxchg_acquire(&lock->owner, &zero, curr);
 }
 
 static __always_inline bool __mutex_unlock_fast(struct mutex *lock)
 {
 	unsigned long curr = (unsigned long)current;
 
-	if (atomic_long_cmpxchg_release(&lock->owner, curr, 0UL) == curr)
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
+	return atomic_long_cmpxchg_release(&lock->owner, curr, 0UL) == curr;
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/kernel/power/suspend.c b/kernel/power/suspend.c
index 5342f6fc022e57..b0ec125a22e314 100644
--- a/kernel/power/suspend.c
+++ b/kernel/power/suspend.c
@@ -416,10 +416,7 @@ static int suspend_enter(suspend_state_t state, bool *wakeup)
 		goto Platform_early_resume;
 	}
 	error = platform_suspend_prepare_noirq(state);
-	if (error)
-		goto Platform_wake;
-
-	if (suspend_test(TEST_PLATFORM))
+	if (error || suspend_test(TEST_PLATFORM))
 		goto Platform_wake;
 
 	error = disable_nonboot_cpus();
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 625bc9897f628b..443a1f235cfd3d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -617,12 +617,8 @@ bool sched_can_stop_tick(struct rq *rq)
 	 * If there are more than one RR tasks, we need the tick to effect the
 	 * actual RR behaviour.
 	 */
-	if (rq->rt.rr_nr_running) {
-		if (rq->rt.rr_nr_running == 1)
-			return true;
-		else
-			return false;
-	}
+	if (rq->rt.rr_nr_running)
+		return rq->rt.rr_nr_running == 1;
 
 	/*
 	 * If there's no RR tasks, but FIFO tasks, we can skip the tick, no
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq.c
index 5e54cbcae6735b..a8fd4bd68954a9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq.c
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ void cpufreq_add_update_util_hook(int cpu, struct update_util_data *data,
 			void (*func)(struct update_util_data *data, u64 time,
 				     unsigned int flags))
 {
-	if (WARN_ON(!data || !func))
-		return;
-
-	if (WARN_ON(per_cpu(cpufreq_update_util_data, cpu)))
+	if (WARN_ON(!data || !func || per_cpu(cpufreq_update_util_data, cpu)))
 		return;
 
 	data->func = func;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpupri.c b/kernel/sched/cpupri.c
index daaadf939ccb1e..152c133e8247d9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpupri.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpupri.c
@@ -29,20 +29,16 @@
 #include "sched.h"
 
 /* Convert between a 140 based task->prio, and our 102 based cpupri */
-static int convert_prio(int prio)
+static int convert_prio(const int prio)
 {
-	int cpupri;
-
 	if (prio == CPUPRI_INVALID)
-		cpupri = CPUPRI_INVALID;
+		return CPUPRI_INVALID;
 	else if (prio == MAX_PRIO)
-		cpupri = CPUPRI_IDLE;
+		return CPUPRI_IDLE;
 	else if (prio >= MAX_RT_PRIO)
-		cpupri = CPUPRI_NORMAL;
+		return CPUPRI_NORMAL;
 	else
-		cpupri = MAX_RT_PRIO - prio + 1;
-
-	return cpupri;
+		return MAX_RT_PRIO - prio + 1;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -95,10 +91,8 @@ int cpupri_find(struct cpupri *cp, struct task_struct *p,
 		smp_rmb();
 
 		/* Need to do the rmb for every iteration */
-		if (skip)
-			continue;
-
-		if (cpumask_any_and(&p->cpus_allowed, vec->mask) >= nr_cpu_ids)
+		if (skip || cpumask_any_and(&p->cpus_allowed, vec->mask)
+				>= nr_cpu_ids)
 			continue;
 
 		if (lowest_mask) {
@@ -222,7 +216,7 @@ int cpupri_init(struct cpupri *cp)
 	return 0;
 
 cleanup:
-	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
+	while (--i >= 0)
 		free_cpumask_var(cp->pri_to_cpu[i].mask);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
index 76e0eaf4654e07..e123d0b809708f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
@@ -119,10 +119,9 @@ static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags)
 		if (!(atomic_read(&current->mm->membarrier_state) &
 		      MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE_READY))
 			return -EPERM;
-	} else {
-		if (!(atomic_read(&current->mm->membarrier_state) &
-		      MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_READY))
-			return -EPERM;
+	} else if (!(atomic_read(&current->mm->membarrier_state) &
+			MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_READY)) {
+		return -EPERM;
 	}
 
 	if (num_online_cpus() == 1)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 2e2955a8cf8fe3..acf1b94669ad74 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -142,10 +142,12 @@ void free_rt_sched_group(struct task_group *tg)
 		destroy_rt_bandwidth(&tg->rt_bandwidth);
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		if (tg->rt_rq)
-			kfree(tg->rt_rq[i]);
-		if (tg->rt_se)
-			kfree(tg->rt_se[i]);
+		/* Don't need to check if tg->rt_rq[i]
+		 * or tg->rt_se[i] are NULL, since kfree(NULL)
+		 * simply performs no operation
+		 */
+		kfree(tg->rt_rq[i]);
+		kfree(tg->rt_se[i]);
 	}
 
 	kfree(tg->rt_rq);
@@ -1015,10 +1017,7 @@ enqueue_top_rt_rq(struct rt_rq *rt_rq)
 
 	BUG_ON(&rq->rt != rt_rq);
 
-	if (rt_rq->rt_queued)
-		return;
-
-	if (rt_rq_throttled(rt_rq))
+	if (rt_rq->rt_queued || rt_rq_throttled(rt_rq))
 		return;
 
 	if (rt_rq->rt_nr_running) {
@@ -1211,10 +1210,7 @@ void dec_rt_tasks(struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se, struct rt_rq *rt_rq)
  */
 static inline bool move_entity(unsigned int flags)
 {
-	if ((flags & (DEQUEUE_SAVE | DEQUEUE_MOVE)) == DEQUEUE_SAVE)
-		return false;
-
-	return true;
+	return !((flags & (DEQUEUE_SAVE | DEQUEUE_MOVE)) == DEQUEUE_SAVE)
 }
 
 static void __delist_rt_entity(struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se, struct rt_prio_array *array)
@@ -1393,7 +1389,7 @@ select_task_rq_rt(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int sd_flag, int flags)
 
 	/* For anything but wake ups, just return the task_cpu */
 	if (sd_flag != SD_BALANCE_WAKE && sd_flag != SD_BALANCE_FORK)
-		goto out;
+		return cpu;
 
 	rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
 
@@ -1437,7 +1433,6 @@ select_task_rq_rt(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int sd_flag, int flags)
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-out:
 	return cpu;
 }
 
@@ -2518,12 +2513,10 @@ static int tg_set_rt_bandwidth(struct task_group *tg,
 	/*
 	 * Disallowing the root group RT runtime is BAD, it would disallow the
 	 * kernel creating (and or operating) RT threads.
+	 *
+	 * No period doesn't make any sense.
 	 */
-	if (tg == &root_task_group && rt_runtime == 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/* No period doesn't make any sense. */
-	if (rt_period == 0)
+	if ((tg == &root_task_group && !rt_runtime) || !rt_period)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&rt_constraints_mutex);