diff --git a/scst/src/scst_mem.c b/scst/src/scst_mem.c
index 85c780c44..f4f4b4096 100644
--- a/scst/src/scst_mem.c
+++ b/scst/src/scst_mem.c
@@ -1519,6 +1519,9 @@ static void sgv_pool_destroy(struct sgv_pool *pool)
 
 	TRACE_ENTRY();
 
+	if (unlikely(!pool))
+		goto out;
+
 	sgv_pool_flush(pool);
 
 	mutex_lock(&sgv_pools_mutex);
@@ -1540,6 +1543,7 @@ static void sgv_pool_destroy(struct sgv_pool *pool)
 
 	kmem_cache_free(sgv_pool_cachep, pool);
 
+out:
 	TRACE_EXIT();
 	return;
 }
@@ -1802,18 +1806,15 @@ out:
 
 out_free_per_cpu_dma:
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu_ids; i++)
-		if (sgv_dma_pool_per_cpu[i] != NULL)
-			sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_dma_pool_per_cpu[i]);
+		sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_dma_pool_per_cpu[i]);
 
 out_free_per_cpu_clust:
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu_ids; i++)
-		if (sgv_norm_clust_pool_per_cpu[i] != NULL)
-			sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_norm_clust_pool_per_cpu[i]);
+		sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_norm_clust_pool_per_cpu[i]);
 
 out_free_per_cpu_norm:
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu_ids; i++)
-		if (sgv_norm_pool_per_cpu[i] != NULL)
-			sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_norm_pool_per_cpu[i]);
+		sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_norm_pool_per_cpu[i]);
 
 	sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_dma_pool_main);
 
@@ -1841,18 +1842,15 @@ void scst_sgv_pools_deinit(void)
 
 	sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_dma_pool_main);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu_ids; i++)
-		if (sgv_dma_pool_per_cpu[i] != NULL)
-			sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_dma_pool_per_cpu[i]);
+		sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_dma_pool_per_cpu[i]);
 
 	sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_norm_pool_main);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu_ids; i++)
-		if (sgv_norm_pool_per_cpu[i] != NULL)
-			sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_norm_pool_per_cpu[i]);
+		sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_norm_pool_per_cpu[i]);
 
 	sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_norm_clust_pool_main);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu_ids; i++)
-		if (sgv_norm_clust_pool_per_cpu[i] != NULL)
-			sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_norm_clust_pool_per_cpu[i]);
+		sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_norm_clust_pool_per_cpu[i]);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu_ids; i++)
 		sgv_norm_pool_global[i] = NULL;