diff --git a/fs/btrfs/check-integrity.c b/fs/btrfs/check-integrity.c
index 6678947..183c98f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/check-integrity.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/check-integrity.c
@@ -2849,11 +2849,8 @@
 static struct btrfsic_dev_state *btrfsic_dev_state_lookup(
 		struct block_device *bdev)
 {
-	struct btrfsic_dev_state *ds;
-
-	ds = btrfsic_dev_state_hashtable_lookup(bdev,
-						&btrfsic_dev_state_hashtable);
-	return ds;
+	return btrfsic_dev_state_hashtable_lookup(bdev,
+						  &btrfsic_dev_state_hashtable);
 }
 
 int btrfsic_submit_bh(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index dcd39cc..494e6b1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@
 
 struct btrfs_path *btrfs_alloc_path(void)
 {
-	struct btrfs_path *path;
-	path = kmem_cache_zalloc(btrfs_path_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
-	return path;
+	return kmem_cache_zalloc(btrfs_path_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index 982a168..143f551 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -385,11 +385,8 @@
 					struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node,
 					struct btrfs_key *key)
 {
-	struct btrfs_delayed_item *item;
-
-	item = __btrfs_lookup_delayed_item(&delayed_node->ins_root, key,
+	return __btrfs_lookup_delayed_item(&delayed_node->ins_root, key,
 					   NULL, NULL);
-	return item;
 }
 
 static int __btrfs_add_delayed_item(struct btrfs_delayed_node *delayed_node,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 3e36013..73fb91f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -730,11 +730,7 @@
 static struct btrfs_block_group_cache *
 btrfs_lookup_first_block_group(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, u64 bytenr)
 {
-	struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache;
-
-	cache = block_group_cache_tree_search(info, bytenr, 0);
-
-	return cache;
+	return block_group_cache_tree_search(info, bytenr, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -744,11 +740,7 @@
 						 struct btrfs_fs_info *info,
 						 u64 bytenr)
 {
-	struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache;
-
-	cache = block_group_cache_tree_search(info, bytenr, 1);
-
-	return cache;
+	return block_group_cache_tree_search(info, bytenr, 1);
 }
 
 static struct btrfs_space_info *__find_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *info,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index a87675f..bc7185c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -4398,12 +4398,8 @@
 
 static int process_deleted_xattr(struct send_ctx *sctx)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = iterate_dir_item(sctx->parent_root, sctx->right_path,
-			       sctx->cmp_key, __process_deleted_xattr, sctx);
-
-	return ret;
+	return iterate_dir_item(sctx->parent_root, sctx->right_path,
+				sctx->cmp_key, __process_deleted_xattr, sctx);
 }
 
 struct find_xattr_ctx {