diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index a3da198ca429c6de062a80dd6cc5ccae730a8e82..bdba282f15e42eb57968972d6d982d0fd782fd25 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static struct request *nbd_read_stat(struct nbd_device *lo)
 	}
 
 	req = nbd_find_request(lo, *(struct request **)reply.handle);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(req))) {
+	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
 		result = PTR_ERR(req);
 		if (result != -ENOENT)
 			goto harderror;
diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-class.c b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
index ac05a928f7642a54a51a0627e6ca7dc904511d09..b3c54be745568863f8eb5a271ba3e85d4f441f1f 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-class.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ int led_classdev_register(struct device *parent, struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
 
 	led_cdev->dev = device_create(leds_class, parent, 0, "%s",
 					    led_cdev->name);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(led_cdev->dev)))
+	if (IS_ERR(led_cdev->dev))
 		return PTR_ERR(led_cdev->dev);
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(led_cdev->dev, led_cdev);
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
index a95314897402b53cd7d677e0eff4c8a27966668e..81483de8c0fdfeae0262dc745a1147ca5c28f966 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static int i2o_block_prep_req_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 	/* connect the i2o_block_request to the request */
 	if (!req->special) {
 		ireq = i2o_block_request_alloc();
-		if (unlikely(IS_ERR(ireq))) {
+		if (IS_ERR(ireq)) {
 			osm_debug("unable to allocate i2o_block_request!\n");
 			return BLKPREP_DEFER;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c b/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
index cead81e80f0c84dfcc443e0eb1466f09664f0f71..ef63c8d2bd7e4ae550a2f2add91b9327b1e6a40a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ static int myri10ge_sw_tso(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	int status;
 
 	segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, dev->features & ~NETIF_F_TSO6);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(segs)))
+	if (IS_ERR(segs))
 		goto drop;
 
 	while (segs) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/tg3.c b/drivers/net/tg3.c
index e3f74c9f78bd848f1e61aa6647f7109e7282fd7c..b66c75e3b8a1f6428b4d9f0409e6f611421bb923 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tg3.c
@@ -4361,7 +4361,7 @@ static int tg3_tso_bug(struct tg3 *tp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, tp->dev->features & ~NETIF_F_TSO);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(segs)))
+	if (IS_ERR(segs))
 		goto tg3_tso_bug_end;
 
 	do {
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c
index 4f28045d9ef201706e0aff6f7e330f564c758ab5..8624f55d05608cabe99e6f91a9e18220be699a13 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-bfin.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ static int __devinit bfin_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	rtc->rtc_dev = rtc_device_register(pdev->name, &pdev->dev, &bfin_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(rtc))) {
+	if (IS_ERR(rtc)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev);
 		goto err;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index fcd7455ffc39acf226233c10c3a45c1ee76537e0..a00eee6f7be9fc85d85f3eb4f33516aa22d8689b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ void scsi_scan_host(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 	}
 
 	p = kthread_run(do_scan_async, data, "scsi_scan_%d", shost->host_no);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(p)))
+	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		do_scan_async(data);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_scan_host);
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 81c01290939b93f4898f28efd80c14f78444a958..a175ad650b6649acba97894b294b8e8a72eeb105 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 		 * event using the eventfd_signal() function.
 		 */
 		req->ki_eventfd = eventfd_fget((int) iocb->aio_resfd);
-		if (unlikely(IS_ERR(req->ki_eventfd))) {
+		if (IS_ERR(req->ki_eventfd)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(req->ki_eventfd);
 			goto out_put_req;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 1623ebf25e5121950c4a4f9dc9edf700988146fe..0a1397335a8eb49a245e81b1826607a5158a2685 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ ecryptfs_do_create(struct inode *directory_inode,
 
 	lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(ecryptfs_dentry);
 	lower_dir_dentry = lock_parent(lower_dentry);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(lower_dir_dentry))) {
+	if (IS_ERR(lower_dir_dentry)) {
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error locking directory of "
 				"dentry\n");
 		rc = PTR_ERR(lower_dir_dentry);
diff --git a/fs/inotify_user.c b/fs/inotify_user.c
index 7b94a1e3c015468b30e6343156053fd5e409afca..6676c06bb7c16935b3a7fbc4615836f1dfb256fb 100644
--- a/fs/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/inotify_user.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_inotify_init(void)
 	}
 
 	ih = inotify_init(&inotify_user_ops);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(ih))) {
+	if (IS_ERR(ih)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(ih);
 		goto out_free_dev;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/mft.c b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
index 2ad5c8b104b934c9177e162d2c20c6da211ed0d9..790defb847e71786e8b34358a11ccf5dfe1e0609 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/mft.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ static int ntfs_mft_bitmap_find_and_alloc_free_rec_nolock(ntfs_volume *vol,
 		if (size) {
 			page = ntfs_map_page(mftbmp_mapping,
 					ofs >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
-			if (unlikely(IS_ERR(page))) {
+			if (IS_ERR(page)) {
 				ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to read mft "
 						"bitmap, aborting.");
 				return PTR_ERR(page);
@@ -2118,7 +2118,7 @@ static int ntfs_mft_record_format(const ntfs_volume *vol, const s64 mft_no)
 	}
 	/* Read, map, and pin the page containing the mft record. */
 	page = ntfs_map_page(mft_vi->i_mapping, index);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(page))) {
+	if (IS_ERR(page)) {
 		ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to map page containing mft record "
 				"to format 0x%llx.", (long long)mft_no);
 		return PTR_ERR(page);
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ mft_rec_already_initialized:
 	ofs = (bit << vol->mft_record_size_bits) & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	/* Read, map, and pin the page containing the mft record. */
 	page = ntfs_map_page(vol->mft_ino->i_mapping, index);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(page))) {
+	if (IS_ERR(page)) {
 		ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Failed to map page containing allocated "
 				"mft record 0x%llx.", (long long)bit);
 		err = PTR_ERR(page);
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index 28fef6bf85348ea0e363a9ecfc1b362df817656e..13430176b3c92500978f2ea7c19941173d5591d3 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static int audit_to_watch(struct audit_krule *krule, char *path, int len,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	watch = audit_init_watch(path);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(watch)))
+	if (IS_ERR(watch))
 		return PTR_ERR(watch);
 
 	audit_get_watch(watch);
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ static struct audit_watch *audit_dupe_watch(struct audit_watch *old)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	new = audit_init_watch(path);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(new))) {
+	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
 		kfree(path);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ static void audit_update_watch(struct audit_parent *parent,
 			audit_set_auditable(current->audit_context);
 
 		nwatch = audit_dupe_watch(owatch);
-		if (unlikely(IS_ERR(nwatch))) {
+		if (IS_ERR(nwatch)) {
 			mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
 			audit_panic("error updating watch, skipping");
 			return;
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ static void audit_update_watch(struct audit_parent *parent,
 			list_del_rcu(&oentry->list);
 
 			nentry = audit_dupe_rule(&oentry->rule, nwatch);
-			if (unlikely(IS_ERR(nentry)))
+			if (IS_ERR(nentry))
 				audit_panic("error updating watch, removing");
 			else {
 				int h = audit_hash_ino((u32)ino);
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ int audit_update_lsm_rules(void)
 			watch = entry->rule.watch;
 			tree = entry->rule.tree;
 			nentry = audit_dupe_rule(&entry->rule, watch);
-			if (unlikely(IS_ERR(nentry))) {
+			if (IS_ERR(nentry)) {
 				/* save the first error encountered for the
 				 * return value */
 				if (!err)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e1df1ab3e04a18d32f9f4aa3fe86e42a9737e3cd..ed49da592051f368cf32b3bafd59bd05494c3c67 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ static int dev_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (!segs)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(segs)))
+	if (IS_ERR(segs))
 		return PTR_ERR(segs);
 
 	skb->next = segs;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index f2b5270efdaaa4e056cff85624662fc853e79775..24eca23c2db3159c91898bd7fefe8bbb501f1233 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *inet_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb, int features)
 		segs = ops->gso_segment(skb, features);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	if (!segs || unlikely(IS_ERR(segs)))
+	if (!segs || IS_ERR(segs))
 		goto out;
 
 	skb = segs;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c
index bbd26893c0c4f7e46d1c312eeaed743b7834f5be..582ec3efc8a55f32603feeca879a8267a2639d6b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_queue.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ int nf_queue(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, 0);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(segs)))
+	if (IS_ERR(segs))
 		return 1;
 
 	do {
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
index 2519129c6d213f85bceebc165e2c27744f2fd3b6..09cd9c0c2d805bcac6f742d5a3ef8945502fe223 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static int xfrm_output_gso(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, 0);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(segs)))
+	if (IS_ERR(segs))
 		return PTR_ERR(segs);
 
 	do {
diff --git a/sound/sh/aica.c b/sound/sh/aica.c
index d49417bf78c693dc115390cd14d6c54d84fd8c7f..9ca1133261437f7f7d630e4e2276b9af9d068e1c 100644
--- a/sound/sh/aica.c
+++ b/sound/sh/aica.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static int __init aica_init(void)
 		return err;
 	pd = platform_device_register_simple(SND_AICA_DRIVER, -1,
 					     aica_memory_space, 2);
-	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(pd))) {
+	if (IS_ERR(pd)) {
 		platform_driver_unregister(&snd_aica_driver);
 		return PTR_ERR(pd);
 	}