diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c
index f87f3d89cd..81a4e9b27f 100644
--- a/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ void qmp_device_del(const char *id, Error **errp)
     DeviceState *dev;
 
     dev = qdev_find_recursive(sysbus_get_default(), id);
-    if (NULL == dev) {
+    if (!dev) {
         error_set(errp, QERR_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND, id);
         return;
     }
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index 6964a2d9fd..3dcc39adf8 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -4121,7 +4121,7 @@ void qmp_chardev_remove(const char *id, Error **errp)
     CharDriverState *chr;
 
     chr = qemu_chr_find(id);
-    if (NULL == chr) {
+    if (chr == NULL) {
         error_setg(errp, "Chardev '%s' not found", id);
         return;
     }
diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index 74cf0786e5..5d38395f2d 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ int unix_connect_opts(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp,
     ConnectState *connect_state = NULL;
     int sock, rc;
 
-    if (NULL == path) {
+    if (path == NULL) {
         error_setg(errp, "unix connect: no path specified");
         return -1;
     }