if (remaining_words > 0) {
                                        len = UniStrnlen((wchar_t *)bcc_ptr,
                                                         remaining_words-1);
-                                       if(ses->serverNOS)
-                                               kfree(ses->serverNOS);
+                                       kfree(ses->serverNOS);
                                        ses->serverNOS = kzalloc(2 * (len + 1),GFP_KERNEL);
                                        if(ses->serverNOS == NULL)
                                                goto sesssetup_nomem;
                                        /* if these kcallocs fail not much we
                                           can do, but better to not fail the
                                           sesssetup itself */
-                                       if(ses->serverDomain)
-                                               kfree(ses->serverDomain);
+                                       kfree(ses->serverDomain);
                                        ses->serverDomain =
                                            kzalloc(2, GFP_KERNEL);
-                                       if(ses->serverNOS)
-                                               kfree(ses->serverNOS);
+                                       kfree(ses->serverNOS);
                                        ses->serverNOS =
                                            kzalloc(2, GFP_KERNEL);
                                }
                                if (((long) bcc_ptr + len) - (long)
                                    pByteArea(smb_buffer_response)
                                            <= BCC(smb_buffer_response)) {
-                                       if(ses->serverOS)
-                                               kfree(ses->serverOS);
+                                       kfree(ses->serverOS);
                                        ses->serverOS = kzalloc(len + 1,GFP_KERNEL);
                                        if(ses->serverOS == NULL)
                                                goto sesssetup_nomem;
                                        bcc_ptr++;
 
                                        len = strnlen(bcc_ptr, 1024);
-                                       if(ses->serverNOS)
-                                               kfree(ses->serverNOS);
+                                       kfree(ses->serverNOS);
                                        ses->serverNOS = kzalloc(len + 1,GFP_KERNEL);
                                        if(ses->serverNOS == NULL)
                                                goto sesssetup_nomem;
                                                                 bcc_ptr,
                                                                 remaining_words
                                                                 - 1);
-                                               if(ses->serverNOS)
-                                                       kfree(ses->serverNOS);
+                                               kfree(ses->serverNOS);
                                                ses->serverNOS =
                                                    kzalloc(2 * (len + 1),
                                                            GFP_KERNEL);
                                                if (remaining_words > 0) {
                                                        len = UniStrnlen((wchar_t *) bcc_ptr, remaining_words); 
            /* last string is not always null terminated (for e.g. for Windows XP & 2000) */
-                                                       if(ses->serverDomain)
-                                                               kfree(ses->serverDomain);
+                                                       kfree(ses->serverDomain);
                                                        ses->serverDomain =
                                                            kzalloc(2 *
                                                                    (len +
                                                            = 0;
                                                } /* else no more room so create dummy domain string */
                                                else {
-                                                       if(ses->serverDomain)
-                                                               kfree(ses->serverDomain);
+                                                       kfree(ses->serverDomain);
                                                        ses->serverDomain =
                                                            kzalloc(2,
                                                                    GFP_KERNEL);
                                                }
                                        } else {        /* no room so create dummy domain and NOS string */
-                                               if(ses->serverDomain);
-                                                       kfree(ses->serverDomain);
+                                               kfree(ses->serverDomain);
                                                ses->serverDomain =
                                                    kzalloc(2, GFP_KERNEL);
-                                               if(ses->serverNOS)
-                                                       kfree(ses->serverNOS);
+                                               kfree(ses->serverNOS);
                                                ses->serverNOS =
                                                    kzalloc(2, GFP_KERNEL);
                                        }
                                                bcc_ptr++;
 
                                                len = strnlen(bcc_ptr, 1024);
-                                               if(ses->serverNOS)
-                                                       kfree(ses->serverNOS);
+                                               kfree(ses->serverNOS);
                                                ses->serverNOS =
                                                    kzalloc(len + 1,
                                                            GFP_KERNEL);
                                                bcc_ptr++;
 
                                                len = strnlen(bcc_ptr, 1024);
-                                               if(ses->serverDomain)
-                                                       kfree(ses->serverDomain);
+                                               kfree(ses->serverDomain);
                                                ses->serverDomain =
                                                    kzalloc(len + 1,
                                                            GFP_KERNEL);
                                                                 bcc_ptr,
                                                                 remaining_words
                                                                 - 1);
-                                               if(ses->serverNOS)
-                                                       kfree(ses->serverNOS);
+                                               kfree(ses->serverNOS);
                                                ses->serverNOS =
                                                    kzalloc(2 * (len + 1),
                                                            GFP_KERNEL);
                                                if(ses->serverDomain)
                                                        kfree(ses->serverDomain);
                                                ses->serverDomain = kzalloc(2, GFP_KERNEL);
-                                               if(ses->serverNOS)
-                                                       kfree(ses->serverNOS);
+                                               kfree(ses->serverNOS);
                                                ses->serverNOS = kzalloc(2, GFP_KERNEL);
                                        }
                                } else {        /* ASCII */
                                                bcc_ptr++;
 
                                                len = strnlen(bcc_ptr, 1024);
-                                               if(ses->serverNOS)
-                                                       kfree(ses->serverNOS);
+                                               kfree(ses->serverNOS);
                                                ses->serverNOS = kzalloc(len+1,GFP_KERNEL);
                                                strncpy(ses->serverNOS, bcc_ptr, len);  
                                                bcc_ptr += len;