diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdrgen/_builtins.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdrgen/_builtins.h
index 66ca3ece951a..a5ab75d2db04 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdrgen/_builtins.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdrgen/_builtins.h
@@ -188,12 +188,10 @@ xdrgen_decode_string(struct xdr_stream *xdr, string *ptr, u32 maxlen)
 		return false;
 	if (unlikely(maxlen && len > maxlen))
 		return false;
-	if (len != 0) {
-		p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, len);
-		if (unlikely(!p))
-			return false;
-		ptr->data = (unsigned char *)p;
-	}
+	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, len);
+	if (unlikely(!p))
+		return false;
+	ptr->data = (unsigned char *)p;
 	ptr->len = len;
 	return true;
 }
@@ -219,12 +217,10 @@ xdrgen_decode_opaque(struct xdr_stream *xdr, opaque *ptr, u32 maxlen)
 		return false;
 	if (unlikely(maxlen && len > maxlen))
 		return false;
-	if (len != 0) {
-		p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, len);
-		if (unlikely(!p))
-			return false;
-		ptr->data = (u8 *)p;
-	}
+	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, len);
+	if (unlikely(!p))
+		return false;
+	ptr->data = (u8 *)p;
 	ptr->len = len;
 	return true;
 }