diff --git a/sound/drivers/dummy.c b/sound/drivers/dummy.c
index 4f900d8..e5e749f 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/dummy.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/dummy.c
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@
 static int emu10k1_playback_constraints(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime)
 {
 	int err;
-	if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer(runtime, SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_PERIODS)) < 0)
+	err = snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer(runtime, SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_PERIODS);
+	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
-	if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_constraint_minmax(runtime, SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_BUFFER_BYTES, 256, UINT_MAX)) < 0)
+	err = snd_pcm_hw_constraint_minmax(runtime, SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_BUFFER_BYTES, 256, UINT_MAX);
+	if (err) < 0)
 		return err;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -363,7 +365,8 @@
 	}
 	if (substream->pcm->device & 2)
 		runtime->hw.info &= ~(SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP|SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID);
-	if ((err = add_playback_constraints(runtime)) < 0)
+	err = add_playback_constraints(runtime);
+	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -387,7 +390,8 @@
 	}
 	if (substream->pcm->device & 2)
 		runtime->hw.info &= ~(SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP|SNDRV_PCM_INFO_MMAP_VALID);
-	if ((err = add_capture_constraints(runtime)) < 0)
+	err = add_capture_constraints(runtime);
+	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -431,8 +435,9 @@
 	struct snd_pcm *pcm;
 	int err;
 
-	if ((err = snd_pcm_new(dummy->card, "Dummy PCM", device,
-			       substreams, substreams, &pcm)) < 0)
+	err = snd_pcm_new(dummy->card, "Dummy PCM", device,
+			       substreams, substreams, &pcm);
+	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 	dummy->pcm = pcm;
 	snd_pcm_set_ops(pcm, SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, &snd_card_dummy_playback_ops);
@@ -569,7 +574,8 @@
 	strcpy(card->mixername, "Dummy Mixer");
 
 	for (idx = 0; idx < ARRAY_SIZE(snd_dummy_controls); idx++) {
-		if ((err = snd_ctl_add(card, snd_ctl_new1(&snd_dummy_controls[idx], dummy))) < 0)
+		err = snd_ctl_add(card, snd_ctl_new1(&snd_dummy_controls[idx], dummy));
+		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -593,10 +599,12 @@
 			pcm_substreams[dev] = 1;
 		if (pcm_substreams[dev] > MAX_PCM_SUBSTREAMS)
 			pcm_substreams[dev] = MAX_PCM_SUBSTREAMS;
-		if ((err = snd_card_dummy_pcm(dummy, idx, pcm_substreams[dev])) < 0)
+		err = snd_card_dummy_pcm(dummy, idx, pcm_substreams[dev]);
+		if (err < 0)
 			goto __nodev;
 	}
-	if ((err = snd_card_dummy_new_mixer(dummy)) < 0)
+	err = snd_card_dummy_new_mixer(dummy);
+	if (err < 0)
 		goto __nodev;
 	strcpy(card->driver, "Dummy");
 	strcpy(card->shortname, "Dummy");
@@ -604,7 +612,8 @@
 
 	snd_card_set_dev(card, &devptr->dev);
 
-	if ((err = snd_card_register(card)) == 0) {
+	err = snd_card_register(card);
+	if (err == 0) {
 		platform_set_drvdata(devptr, card);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -667,7 +676,8 @@
 {
 	int i, cards, err;
 
-	if ((err = platform_driver_register(&snd_dummy_driver)) < 0)
+	err = platform_driver_register(&snd_dummy_driver);
+	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
 	cards = 0;