cFYI(1, ("Send error in copy = %d with %d files copied",
                        rc, le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->CopyCount)));
        }
-       if (pSMB)
-               cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
+       cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
 
        if (rc == -EAGAIN)
                goto copyRetry;
        if (rc)
                cFYI(1, ("Send error in SetPathInfo create symlink = %d", rc));
 
-       if (pSMB)
-               cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
+       cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
 
        if (rc == -EAGAIN)
                goto createSymLinkRetry;
                                 target_nodes, nls_codepage);
 
 GetDFSRefExit:
-       if (pSMB)
-               cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
+       cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
 
        if (rc == -EAGAIN)
                goto getDFSRetry;
        if (rc)
                cFYI(1, ("SetPathInfo (perms) returned %d", rc));
 
-       if (pSMB)
-               cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
+       cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
        if (rc == -EAGAIN)
                goto setPermsRetry;
        return rc;
                        }
                }
        }
-       if (pSMB)
-               cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
+       cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
        if (rc == -EAGAIN)
                goto QAllEAsRetry;
 
                        }
                }
        }
-       if (pSMB)
-               cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
+       cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
        if (rc == -EAGAIN)
                goto QEARetry;