diff --git a/net/decnet/af_decnet.c b/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
index 963da86d4ecf..ec233b64f853 100644
--- a/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
+++ b/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
@@ -1246,11 +1246,12 @@ static int dn_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 	case TIOCINQ:
 		lock_sock(sk);
-		if ((skb = skb_peek(&scp->other_receive_queue)) != NULL) {
+		skb = skb_peek(&scp->other_receive_queue);
+		if (skb) {
 			amount = skb->len;
 		} else {
-			struct sk_buff *skb = sk->sk_receive_queue.next;
-			for(;;) {
+			skb = sk->sk_receive_queue.next;
+			for (;;) {
 				if (skb ==
 				    (struct sk_buff *)&sk->sk_receive_queue)
 					break;
@@ -1579,16 +1580,16 @@ static int __dn_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level,int optname, char __us
 		default:
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETFILTER
 		{
-			int val, len;
+			int ret, len;
 
 			if(get_user(len, optlen))
 				return -EFAULT;
 
-			val = nf_getsockopt(sk, PF_DECnet, optname,
+			ret = nf_getsockopt(sk, PF_DECnet, optname,
 							optval, &len);
-			if (val >= 0)
-				val = put_user(len, optlen);
-			return val;
+			if (ret >= 0)
+				ret = put_user(len, optlen);
+			return ret;
 		}
 #endif
 		case DSO_STREAM:
diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
index b6c80f3b8185..1c6a5bb6f0c8 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
@@ -684,7 +684,6 @@ static int dn_nl_newaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if ((dn_db = dev->dn_ptr) == NULL) {
-		int err;
 		dn_db = dn_dev_create(dev, &err);
 		if (!dn_db)
 			return err;
diff --git a/net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c b/net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c
index 965397af9a80..5bcd592ae6dd 100644
--- a/net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c
+++ b/net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static int dn_node_address_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
 	}
 
 	if (write) {
-		int len = (*lenp < DN_ASCBUF_LEN) ? *lenp : (DN_ASCBUF_LEN-1);
+		len = (*lenp < DN_ASCBUF_LEN) ? *lenp : (DN_ASCBUF_LEN-1);
 
 		if (copy_from_user(addr, buffer, len))
 			return -EFAULT;