diff --git a/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c b/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
index 40a90e4b2..2e3b302f7 100644
--- a/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
+++ b/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
@@ -5845,7 +5845,7 @@ static void vdisk_blk_add_dif(struct bio *bio, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	}
 
 	bip = bio_integrity_alloc(bio, gfp_mask, pages);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(bip))) {
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(bip)) {
 		PRINT_WARNING("Allocation of %d pages for DIF tags "
 			"failed! (dev %s)", pages, dev->virt_name);
 		goto out; /* proceed without integrity */
diff --git a/scst/src/scst_lib.c b/scst/src/scst_lib.c
index 48aef3a3b..37bbdbd8a 100644
--- a/scst/src/scst_lib.c
+++ b/scst/src/scst_lib.c
@@ -8308,7 +8308,7 @@ static struct request *blk_map_kern_sg(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (!sgl) {
 		rq = scst_alloc_passthrough_request(q, reading ? READ : WRITE,
 						    gfp);
-		if (unlikely(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rq)))
+		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rq))
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(5, 15, 0)