diff --git a/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_main.c b/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_main.c
index 9bcdb86312c..4d754aa8b1b 100644
--- a/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_main.c
+++ b/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_main.c
@@ -2472,9 +2472,7 @@ set_eeprom(struct port_info *pi, const uint8_t *data, int len, int offset)
 	aligned_len = (len + (offset & 3) + 3) & ~3;
 
 	if (aligned_offset != offset || aligned_len != len) {
-		buf = malloc(aligned_len, M_DEVBUF, M_WAITOK|M_ZERO);		   
-		if (!buf)
-			return (ENOMEM);
+		buf = malloc(aligned_len, M_DEVBUF, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
 		err = t3_seeprom_read(adapter, aligned_offset, (u32 *)buf);
 		if (!err && aligned_len > 4)
 			err = t3_seeprom_read(adapter,
diff --git a/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_sge.c b/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_sge.c
index f57494065ae..8469997b00a 100644
--- a/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_sge.c
+++ b/sys/dev/cxgb/cxgb_sge.c
@@ -2422,11 +2422,8 @@ t3_sge_alloc_qset(adapter_t *sc, u_int id, int nports, int irq_vec_idx,
 	q->port = pi;
 	q->adap = sc;
 
-	if ((q->txq[TXQ_ETH].txq_mr = buf_ring_alloc(cxgb_txq_buf_ring_size,
-	    M_DEVBUF, M_WAITOK, &q->lock)) == NULL) {
-		device_printf(sc->dev, "failed to allocate mbuf ring\n");
-		goto err;
-	}
+	q->txq[TXQ_ETH].txq_mr = buf_ring_alloc(cxgb_txq_buf_ring_size,
+	    M_DEVBUF, M_WAITOK, &q->lock);
 	if ((q->txq[TXQ_ETH].txq_ifq = malloc(sizeof(struct ifaltq), M_DEVBUF,
 	    M_NOWAIT | M_ZERO)) == NULL) {
 		device_printf(sc->dev, "failed to allocate ifq\n");