diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/floppy.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/floppy.h
index e2561d99a3fe..9ec2f6a5200b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/floppy.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/floppy.h
@@ -115,11 +115,7 @@ static inline unsigned long fd_getfdaddr1(void)
 
 static inline unsigned long fd_dma_mem_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
-	unsigned long mem;
-
-	mem = __get_dma_pages(GFP_KERNEL, get_order(size));
-
-	return mem;
+	return __get_dma_pages(GFP_KERNEL, get_order(size));
 }
 
 static inline void fd_dma_mem_free(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 93c079a1cfc8..a03e86969f78 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -67,11 +67,7 @@ static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	unsigned long address)
 {
-	pte_t *pte;
-
-	pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, PTE_ORDER);
-
-	return pte;
+	return (pte_t *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, PTE_ORDER);
 }
 
 static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
diff --git a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-platform.c b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-platform.c
index e1dd1c1d3fde..20a53e73b28e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-platform.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-platform.c
@@ -135,13 +135,7 @@ static struct platform_device *malta_devices[] __initdata = {
 
 static int __init malta_add_devices(void)
 {
-	int err;
-
-	err = platform_add_devices(malta_devices, ARRAY_SIZE(malta_devices));
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	return 0;
+	return platform_add_devices(malta_devices, ARRAY_SIZE(malta_devices));
 }
 
 device_initcall(malta_add_devices);
diff --git a/arch/mips/pnx833x/common/platform.c b/arch/mips/pnx833x/common/platform.c
index 3cd357737a26..7cf4eb50fc72 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pnx833x/common/platform.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pnx833x/common/platform.c
@@ -232,12 +232,8 @@ static struct platform_device *pnx833x_platform_devices[] __initdata = {
 
 static int __init pnx833x_platform_init(void)
 {
-	int res;
-
-	res = platform_add_devices(pnx833x_platform_devices,
-				   ARRAY_SIZE(pnx833x_platform_devices));
-
-	return res;
+	return platform_add_devices(pnx833x_platform_devices,
+				    ARRAY_SIZE(pnx833x_platform_devices));
 }
 
 arch_initcall(pnx833x_platform_init);