chunk = area_location(ps, ps->current_area);
 
                area = dm_bufio_read(client, chunk, &bp);
-               if (unlikely(IS_ERR(area))) {
+               if (IS_ERR(area)) {
                        r = PTR_ERR(area);
                        goto ret_destroy_bufio;
                }
 
        verity_hash_at_level(v, block, level, &hash_block, &offset);
 
        data = dm_bufio_read(v->bufio, hash_block, &buf);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(data)))
+       if (IS_ERR(data))
                return PTR_ERR(data);
 
        aux = dm_bufio_get_aux_data(buf);
 
        int r;
 
        p = dm_bufio_read(bm->bufio, b, (struct dm_buffer **) result);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(p)))
+       if (IS_ERR(p))
                return PTR_ERR(p);
 
        aux = dm_bufio_get_aux_data(to_buffer(*result));
                return -EPERM;
 
        p = dm_bufio_read(bm->bufio, b, (struct dm_buffer **) result);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(p)))
+       if (IS_ERR(p))
                return PTR_ERR(p);
 
        aux = dm_bufio_get_aux_data(to_buffer(*result));
        int r;
 
        p = dm_bufio_get(bm->bufio, b, (struct dm_buffer **) result);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(p)))
+       if (IS_ERR(p))
                return PTR_ERR(p);
        if (unlikely(!p))
                return -EWOULDBLOCK;
                return -EPERM;
 
        p = dm_bufio_new(bm->bufio, b, (struct dm_buffer **) result);
-       if (unlikely(IS_ERR(p)))
+       if (IS_ERR(p))
                return PTR_ERR(p);
 
        memset(p, 0, dm_bm_block_size(bm));