int ret;
 
                if (buf[offs] == '1' || buf[offs] == '#') {
-                       if ((ret = append_values(odev, 1, 1)) < 0)
+                       ret = append_values(odev, 1, 1);
+                       if (ret < 0)
                                return ret;
                }
                else if (buf[offs] == '0' || buf[offs] == ' ') {
-                       if ((ret = append_values(odev, 0, 1)) < 0)
+                       ret = append_values(odev, 0, 1);
+                       if (ret < 0)
                                return ret;
                }
                else if (buf[offs] == '\n') {
                        // New line detected. Lets assume, that all characters till the end of the
                        // line were equal to the last character in this line.
                        if (odev->buf_offs % odev->width != 0)
-                               if ((ret = append_values(odev, odev->last_val,
-                                     odev->width - (odev->buf_offs % odev->width))) < 0)
+                               ret = append_values(odev, odev->last_val,
+                                     odev->width - (odev->buf_offs % odev->width));
+                               if (ret < 0)
                                        return ret;
                }
 
 
        usb_set_intfdata(interface, odev);
 
-       if ((retval = device_create_file(&interface->dev, &ASUS_OLED_DEVICE_ATTR(enabled)))) {
+       retval = device_create_file(&interface->dev, &ASUS_OLED_DEVICE_ATTR(enabled));
+       if (retval)
                goto err_files;
-       }
 
-       if ((retval = device_create_file(&interface->dev, &ASUS_OLED_DEVICE_ATTR(picture)))) {
+       retval = device_create_file(&interface->dev, &ASUS_OLED_DEVICE_ATTR(picture));
+       if (retval)
                goto err_files;
-       }
 
        odev->dev = device_create(oled_class, &interface->dev, MKDEV(0, 0),
                                NULL, "oled_%d", ++oled_num);
 
        dev_set_drvdata(odev->dev, odev);
 
-       if ((retval = device_create_file(odev->dev, &dev_attr_enabled))) {
+       retval = device_create_file(odev->dev, &dev_attr_enabled);
+       if (retval)
                goto err_class_enabled;
-       }
 
-       if ((retval = device_create_file(odev->dev, &dev_attr_picture))) {
+       retval = device_create_file(odev->dev, &dev_attr_picture);
+       if (retval)
                goto err_class_picture;
-       }
 
        dev_info(&interface->dev, "Attached Asus OLED device: %s [width %u, pack_mode %d]\n", desc, odev->dev_width, odev->pack_mode);
 
                return PTR_ERR(oled_class);
        }
 
-       if ((retval = class_create_file(oled_class, &class_attr_version))) {
+       retval = class_create_file(oled_class, &class_attr_version);
+       if (retval) {
                err("Error creating class version file");
                goto error;
        }