diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops_sbi.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops_sbi.c
index 146ceab1011f..ee6e4b5cc39e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops_sbi.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops_sbi.c
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ static int sbi_hsm_hart_start(unsigned long hartid, unsigned long saddr,
 
 	ret = sbi_ecall(SBI_EXT_HSM, SBI_EXT_HSM_HART_START,
 			hartid, saddr, priv, 0, 0, 0);
-	if (ret.error)
-		return sbi_err_map_linux_errno(ret.error);
-	else
-		return 0;
+
+	return sbi_err_map_linux_errno(ret.error);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
@@ -43,10 +41,7 @@ static int sbi_hsm_hart_stop(void)
 
 	ret = sbi_ecall(SBI_EXT_HSM, SBI_EXT_HSM_HART_STOP, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
 
-	if (ret.error)
-		return sbi_err_map_linux_errno(ret.error);
-	else
-		return 0;
+	return sbi_err_map_linux_errno(ret.error);
 }
 
 static int sbi_hsm_hart_get_status(unsigned long hartid)