diff --git a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c
index b44292a..3e09043 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@
 		char *p;
 
 	    	name = ++s;
-		if ((p = strchr(name, delim)) == 0)
+		p = strchr(name, delim);
+		if (!p)
 		{
 			printk(KERN_ERR ERRP "no closing %c found in partition name\n", delim);
 			return NULL;
@@ -159,9 +160,10 @@
 			return NULL;
 		}
 		/* more partitions follow, parse them */
-		if ((parts = newpart(s + 1, &s, num_parts,
-		                     this_part + 1, &extra_mem, extra_mem_size)) == 0)
-		  return NULL;
+		parts = newpart(s + 1, &s, num_parts, this_part + 1,
+				&extra_mem, extra_mem_size);
+		if (!parts)
+			return NULL;
 	}
 	else
 	{	/* this is the last partition: allocate space for all */