b1_put_byte(base, SEND_POLL);
        for (stop = jiffies + tout * HZ; time_before(jiffies, stop);) {
                if (b1_rx_full(base)) {
-                       if ((ans = b1_get_byte(base)) == RECEIVE_POLL) {
+                       ans = b1_get_byte(base);
+                       if (ans == RECEIVE_POLL)
                                return 1;
-                       }
+
                        printk(KERN_ERR "%s: b1_loaded: got 0x%x, firmware not running\n",
                               card->name, ans);
                        return 0;
        int retval;
 
        b1_reset(port);
+       retval = b1_load_t4file(card, &data->firmware);
 
-       if ((retval = b1_load_t4file(card, &data->firmware))) {
+       if (retval) {
                b1_reset(port);
                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to load t4file!!\n",
                       card->name);
        b1_disable_irq(port);
 
        if (data->configuration.len > 0 && data->configuration.data) {
-               if ((retval = b1_load_config(card, &data->configuration))) {
+               retval = b1_load_config(card, &data->configuration);
+               if (retval) {
                        b1_reset(port);
                        printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to load config!!\n",
                               card->name);
                        MsgLen = 30;
                        CAPIMSG_SETLEN(card->msgbuf, 30);
                }
-               if (!(skb = alloc_skb(DataB3Len + MsgLen, GFP_ATOMIC))) {
+
+               skb = alloc_skb(DataB3Len + MsgLen, GFP_ATOMIC);
+               if (!skb) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR "%s: incoming packet dropped\n",
                               card->name);
                } else {
 
                ApplId = (unsigned) b1_get_word(card->port);
                MsgLen = b1_get_slice(card->port, card->msgbuf);
-               if (!(skb = alloc_skb(MsgLen, GFP_ATOMIC))) {
+               skb = alloc_skb(MsgLen, GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+               if (!skb) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR "%s: incoming packet dropped\n",
                               card->name);
                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
        seq_printf(m, "%-16s %s\n", "type", s);
        if (card->cardtype == avm_t1isa)
                seq_printf(m, "%-16s %d\n", "cardnr", card->cardnr);
-       if ((s = cinfo->version[VER_DRIVER]) != NULL)
+
+       s = cinfo->version[VER_DRIVER];
+       if (s)
                seq_printf(m, "%-16s %s\n", "ver_driver", s);
-       if ((s = cinfo->version[VER_CARDTYPE]) != NULL)
+
+       s = cinfo->version[VER_CARDTYPE];
+       if (s)
                seq_printf(m, "%-16s %s\n", "ver_cardtype", s);
-       if ((s = cinfo->version[VER_SERIAL]) != NULL)
+
+       s = cinfo->version[VER_SERIAL];
+       if (s)
                seq_printf(m, "%-16s %s\n", "ver_serial", s);
 
        if (card->cardtype != avm_m1) {
        char *p;
        char rev[32];
 
-       if ((p = strchr(revision, ':')) != NULL && p[1]) {
+       p = strchr(revision, ':');
+       if (p && p[1]) {
                strlcpy(rev, p + 2, 32);
-               if ((p = strchr(rev, '$')) != NULL && p > rev)
+               p = strchr(rev, '$');
+               if (p && p > rev)
                        *(p - 1) = 0;
-       } else
+       } else {
                strcpy(rev, "1.0");
-
+       }
        printk(KERN_INFO "b1: revision %s\n", rev);
 
        return 0;