diff --git a/src/cfgparse-global.c b/src/cfgparse-global.c
index aafca44ea..81616c218 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse-global.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse-global.c
@@ -456,9 +456,7 @@ int cfg_parse_global(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 		for (i = 1; *args[i]; i++)
 			len += strlen(args[i]) + 1;
 
-		if (global.desc)
-			free(global.desc);
-
+		free(global.desc);
 		global.desc = d = calloc(1, len);
 
 		d += snprintf(d, global.desc + len - d, "%s", args[1]);
@@ -487,9 +485,7 @@ int cfg_parse_global(const char *file, int linenum, char **args, int kwm)
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		if (global.node)
-			free(global.node);
-
+		free(global.node);
 		global.node = strdup(args[1]);
 	}
 	else if (strcmp(args[0], "unix-bind") == 0) {
diff --git a/src/flt_trace.c b/src/flt_trace.c
index ba50d6d4e..77577ecf5 100644
--- a/src/flt_trace.c
+++ b/src/flt_trace.c
@@ -688,8 +688,7 @@ parse_trace_flt(char **args, int *cur_arg, struct proxy *px,
 	return 0;
 
  error:
-	if (conf->name)
-		free(conf->name);
+	free(conf->name);
 	free(conf);
 	return -1;
 }
diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index 420894a08..eb5617985 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -1582,9 +1582,7 @@ out:
 	if (ocsp)
 		ssl_sock_free_ocsp(ocsp);
 
-	if (warn)
-		free(warn);
-
+	free(warn);
 	free(err);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index f710a4aab..ad2a11d83 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -1315,8 +1315,7 @@ static void deinit_stats(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < STATS_DOMAIN_COUNT; ++i) {
 		const int domain = domains[i];
 
-		if (stat_cols[domain])
-			free(stat_cols[domain]);
+		free(stat_cols[domain]);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1324,8 +1323,7 @@ REGISTER_POST_DEINIT(deinit_stats);
 
 static void free_trash_counters(void)
 {
-	if (trash_counters)
-		free(trash_counters);
+	free(trash_counters);
 }
 
 REGISTER_PER_THREAD_FREE(free_trash_counters);