diff --git a/pack-revindex.c b/pack-revindex.c
index 1de53c8934c03b..77a0465be6f6a7 100644
--- a/pack-revindex.c
+++ b/pack-revindex.c
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ void discard_revindex(void)
 	if (pack_revindex_hashsz) {
 		int i;
 		for (i = 0; i < pack_revindex_hashsz; i++)
-			if (pack_revindex[i].revindex)
-				free(pack_revindex[i].revindex);
+			free(pack_revindex[i].revindex);
 		free(pack_revindex);
 		pack_revindex_hashsz = 0;
 	}
diff --git a/walker.c b/walker.c
index e57630e983488e..11d9052ed86ab1 100644
--- a/walker.c
+++ b/walker.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void walker_targets_free(int targets, char **target, const char **write_ref)
 {
 	while (targets--) {
 		free(target[targets]);
-		if (write_ref && write_ref[targets])
+		if (write_ref)
 			free((char *) write_ref[targets]);
 	}
 }