unsigned long flags;
        spinlock_t *lock; /* temp. lock */
 
-       if (unlikely(channel < 0 || channel >= iface->num_channels)) {
+       if (channel < 0 || channel >= iface->num_channels) {
                dev_warn(&mdev->usb_device->dev, "Channel ID out of range.\n");
                return -ECHRNG;
        }
        unsigned long length;
        void *virt_address;
 
-       if (unlikely(!mbo))
+       if (!mbo)
                return -EINVAL;
-       if (unlikely(iface->num_channels <= channel || channel < 0))
+       if (iface->num_channels <= channel || channel < 0)
                return -ECHRNG;
 
        mdev = to_mdev(iface);
        mdev->clear_work[channel].mdev = mdev;
        INIT_WORK(&mdev->clear_work[channel].ws, wq_clear_halt);
 
-       if (unlikely(!conf)) {
+       if (!conf) {
                dev_err(dev, "Bad config pointer.\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
-       if (unlikely(channel < 0 || channel >= iface->num_channels)) {
+       if (channel < 0 || channel >= iface->num_channels) {
                dev_err(dev, "Channel ID out of range.\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }