diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-util.h b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-util.h
index 2da5ce17ead0..0f9b4a18fc27 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-util.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-util.h
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ static inline int INTERFACE(int ipd_port)
 		return 3;
 	else if (ipd_port == 40)	/* Non existent interface for POW0 */
 		return 4;
-	else
-		panic("Illegal ipd_port %d passed to INTERFACE\n", ipd_port);
+	panic("Illegal ipd_port %d passed to INTERFACE\n", ipd_port);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -67,6 +66,5 @@ static inline int INDEX(int ipd_port)
 {
 	if (ipd_port < 32)
 		return ipd_port & 15;
-	else
-		return ipd_port & 3;
+	return ipd_port & 3;
 }