diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index a6b62173d4c3..d82f4a8b4b80 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -59,17 +59,11 @@ out:
 
 static struct ctl_table *find_in_table(struct ctl_table *p, struct qstr *name)
 {
-	int len;
 	for ( ; p->procname; p++) {
-
-		if (!p->procname)
+		if (strlen(p->procname) != name->len)
 			continue;
 
-		len = strlen(p->procname);
-		if (len != name->len)
-			continue;
-
-		if (memcmp(p->procname, name->name, len) != 0)
+		if (memcmp(p->procname, name->name, name->len) != 0)
 			continue;
 
 		/* I have a match */
@@ -266,10 +260,6 @@ static int scan(struct ctl_table_header *head, ctl_table *table,
 	for (; table->procname; table++, (*pos)++) {
 		int res;
 
-		/* Can't do anything without a proc name */
-		if (!table->procname)
-			continue;
-
 		if (*pos < file->f_pos)
 			continue;