diff --git a/block/nfs.c b/block/nfs.c
index 7dff64f489..9aeaefb364 100644
--- a/block/nfs.c
+++ b/block/nfs.c
@@ -147,9 +147,7 @@ out:
     if (qp) {
         query_params_free(qp);
     }
-    if (uri) {
-        uri_free(uri);
-    }
+    uri_free(uri);
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/ssh.c b/block/ssh.c
index d008caf059..e0fbb4934b 100644
--- a/block/ssh.c
+++ b/block/ssh.c
@@ -237,9 +237,7 @@ static int parse_uri(const char *filename, QDict *options, Error **errp)
     return 0;
 
  err:
-    if (uri) {
-      uri_free(uri);
-    }
+    uri_free(uri);
     return -EINVAL;
 }
 
diff --git a/util/uri.c b/util/uri.c
index 8bdef84120..ff72c6005f 100644
--- a/util/uri.c
+++ b/util/uri.c
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ static void uri_clean(URI *uri)
 
 /**
  * uri_free:
- * @uri:  pointer to an URI
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI, NULL is ignored
  *
  * Free up the URI struct
  */
@@ -1939,15 +1939,9 @@ step_7:
     val = uri_to_string(res);
 
 done:
-    if (ref != NULL) {
-        uri_free(ref);
-    }
-    if (bas != NULL) {
-        uri_free(bas);
-    }
-    if (res != NULL) {
-        uri_free(res);
-    }
+    uri_free(ref);
+    uri_free(bas);
+    uri_free(res);
     return val;
 }
 
@@ -2190,12 +2184,8 @@ done:
     if (remove_path != 0) {
         ref->path = NULL;
     }
-    if (ref != NULL) {
-        uri_free(ref);
-    }
-    if (bas != NULL) {
-        uri_free(bas);
-    }
+    uri_free(ref);
+    uri_free(bas);
 
     return val;
 }