diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index 730969c681cb..2fd07f6df0b8 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -1152,14 +1152,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_free);
  *	@buf: array of u32 (in host byte order), the source bitmap
  *	@nbits: number of bits in @bitmap
  */
-void bitmap_from_arr32(unsigned long *bitmap, const u32 *buf,
-						unsigned int nbits)
+void bitmap_from_arr32(unsigned long *bitmap, const u32 *buf, unsigned int nbits)
 {
 	unsigned int i, halfwords;
 
-	if (!nbits)
-		return;
-
 	halfwords = DIV_ROUND_UP(nbits, 32);
 	for (i = 0; i < halfwords; i++) {
 		bitmap[i/2] = (unsigned long) buf[i];
@@ -1183,9 +1179,6 @@ void bitmap_to_arr32(u32 *buf, const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int nbits)
 {
 	unsigned int i, halfwords;
 
-	if (!nbits)
-		return;
-
 	halfwords = DIV_ROUND_UP(nbits, 32);
 	for (i = 0; i < halfwords; i++) {
 		buf[i] = (u32) (bitmap[i/2] & UINT_MAX);