diff --git a/src/barebox-state/backend_bucket_circular.c b/src/barebox-state/backend_bucket_circular.c
index fd5654c..2a0e34d 100644
--- a/src/barebox-state/backend_bucket_circular.c
+++ b/src/barebox-state/backend_bucket_circular.c
@@ -311,8 +311,6 @@
 	 * random changes
 	 */
 	write_buf = xzalloc(written_length);
-	if (!write_buf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	memcpy(write_buf, buf, len);
 	meta = (struct state_backend_storage_bucket_circular_meta *)
diff --git a/src/barebox-state/backend_format_dtb.c b/src/barebox-state/backend_format_dtb.c
index 4c9d2ee..48f30db 100644
--- a/src/barebox-state/backend_format_dtb.c
+++ b/src/barebox-state/backend_format_dtb.c
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@
 	struct state_backend_format_dtb *dtb;
 
 	dtb = xzalloc(sizeof(*dtb));
-	if (!dtb)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	dtb->dev = dev;
 	dtb->format.pack = state_backend_format_dtb_pack;
diff --git a/src/barebox-state/backend_format_raw.c b/src/barebox-state/backend_format_raw.c
index 2ba97e0..4369f76 100644
--- a/src/barebox-state/backend_format_raw.c
+++ b/src/barebox-state/backend_format_raw.c
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@
 	size_full = size_data + sizeof(*header) + backend_raw->digest_length;
 
 	buf = xzalloc(size_full);
-	if (!buf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	header = buf;
 	data = buf + sizeof(*header);
@@ -308,8 +306,6 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	raw = xzalloc(sizeof(*raw));
-	if (!raw)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	raw->dev = dev;
 	ret = backend_format_raw_init_digest(raw, node, secret_name);