diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index c6b90e6..a68e07a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 static struct o2net_node o2net_nodes[O2NM_MAX_NODES];
 
 /* XXX someday we'll need better accounting */
-static struct socket *o2net_listen_sock = NULL;
+static struct socket *o2net_listen_sock;
 
 /*
  * listen work is only queued by the listening socket callbacks on the
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c
index e33cd7a..18f13c2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 
-static struct dentry *dlm_debugfs_root = NULL;
+static struct dentry *dlm_debugfs_root;
 
 #define DLM_DEBUGFS_DIR				"o2dlm"
 #define DLM_DEBUGFS_DLM_STATE			"dlm_state"
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmlock.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmlock.c
index 5d32f75..66c2a49 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmlock.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmlock.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #define MLOG_MASK_PREFIX ML_DLM
 #include "cluster/masklog.h"
 
-static struct kmem_cache *dlm_lock_cache = NULL;
+static struct kmem_cache *dlm_lock_cache;
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dlm_cookie_lock);
 static u64 dlm_next_cookie = 1;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index ee1f884..3087a21 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static struct kmem_cache *dlm_lockres_cache = NULL;
-static struct kmem_cache *dlm_lockname_cache = NULL;
-static struct kmem_cache *dlm_mle_cache = NULL;
+static struct kmem_cache *dlm_lockres_cache;
+static struct kmem_cache *dlm_lockname_cache;
+static struct kmem_cache *dlm_mle_cache;
 
 static void dlm_mle_release(struct kref *kref);
 static void dlm_init_mle(struct dlm_master_list_entry *mle,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
index 83f1a66..5d965e8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@
 	{ }
 };
 
-static struct ctl_table_header *ocfs2_table_header = NULL;
+static struct ctl_table_header *ocfs2_table_header;
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index a7cdd56..9027729 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
 #include "buffer_head_io.h"
 
-static struct kmem_cache *ocfs2_inode_cachep = NULL;
+static struct kmem_cache *ocfs2_inode_cachep;
 struct kmem_cache *ocfs2_dquot_cachep;
 struct kmem_cache *ocfs2_qf_chunk_cachep;
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
  * workqueue and schedule on our own. */
 struct workqueue_struct *ocfs2_wq = NULL;
 
-static struct dentry *ocfs2_debugfs_root = NULL;
+static struct dentry *ocfs2_debugfs_root;
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Oracle");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
index 52eaf33..82e17b0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 	sector_t	c_block;
 };
 
-static struct kmem_cache *ocfs2_uptodate_cachep = NULL;
+static struct kmem_cache *ocfs2_uptodate_cachep;
 
 u64 ocfs2_metadata_cache_owner(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci)
 {