diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c
index 02e930c55570..a8f533af9eca 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c
@@ -216,8 +216,7 @@ static int sca3000_read_ctrl_reg(struct sca3000_state *st,
 	ret = sca3000_read_data_short(st, SCA3000_REG_ADDR_CTRL_DATA, 1);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_ret;
-	else
-		return st->rx[0];
+	return st->rx[0];
 error_ret:
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c
index 1920dc60cf3d..d1cb9b9cf22b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ static int sca3000_read_first_n_hw_rb(struct iio_buffer *r,
 	ret = sca3000_read_data_short(st, SCA3000_REG_ADDR_BUF_COUNT, 1);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_ret;
-	else
-		num_available = st->rx[0];
+	num_available = st->rx[0];
 	/*
 	 * num_available is the total number of samples available
 	 * i.e. number of time points * number of channels.