ifdebug(FACILITY)
                print_ds(ds);
 
-       if (ds->ds_clp)
-               nfs_put_client(ds->ds_clp);
+       nfs_put_client(ds->ds_clp);
 
        while (!list_empty(&ds->ds_addrs)) {
                da = list_first_entry(&ds->ds_addrs,
 
                        atomic_inc(&pos->cl_count);
                        spin_unlock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
 
-                       if (prev)
-                               nfs_put_client(prev);
+                       nfs_put_client(prev);
                        prev = pos;
 
                        status = nfs_wait_client_init_complete(pos);
                atomic_inc(&pos->cl_count);
                spin_unlock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
 
-               if (prev)
-                       nfs_put_client(prev);
+               nfs_put_client(prev);
                prev = pos;
 
                status = nfs4_proc_setclientid_confirm(pos, &clid, cred);
 
        /* No match found. The server lost our clientid */
 out:
-       if (prev)
-               nfs_put_client(prev);
+       nfs_put_client(prev);
        dprintk("NFS: <-- %s status = %d\n", __func__, status);
        return status;
 }
                        atomic_inc(&pos->cl_count);
                        spin_unlock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
 
-                       if (prev)
-                               nfs_put_client(prev);
+                       nfs_put_client(prev);
                        prev = pos;
 
                        status = nfs_wait_client_init_complete(pos);
        /* No matching nfs_client found. */
        spin_unlock(&nn->nfs_client_lock);
        dprintk("NFS: <-- %s status = %d\n", __func__, status);
-       if (prev)
-               nfs_put_client(prev);
+       nfs_put_client(prev);
        return status;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */