diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
index d0ea8b921177..f26442a73d1e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
@@ -1370,8 +1370,7 @@ qla2x00_fdmi_rhba(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 	/* Model description. */
 	eiter = (struct ct_fdmi_hba_attr *) (entries + size);
 	eiter->type = __constant_cpu_to_be16(FDMI_HBA_MODEL_DESCRIPTION);
-	if (ha->model_desc)
-		strncpy(eiter->a.model_desc, ha->model_desc, 80);
+	strncpy(eiter->a.model_desc, ha->model_desc, 80);
 	alen = strlen(eiter->a.model_desc);
 	alen += (alen & 3) ? (4 - (alen & 3)) : 4;
 	eiter->len = cpu_to_be16(4 + alen);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index c2e2e20d2e21..6df5223888f8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -2839,8 +2839,7 @@ qla2x00_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	qla2x00_dfs_setup(base_vha);
 
 	ql_log(ql_log_info, base_vha, 0x00fb,
-	    "QLogic %s - %s.\n",
-	    ha->model_number, ha->model_desc ? ha->model_desc : "");
+	    "QLogic %s - %s.\n", ha->model_number, ha->model_desc);
 	ql_log(ql_log_info, base_vha, 0x00fc,
 	    "ISP%04X: %s @ %s hdma%c host#=%ld fw=%s.\n",
 	    pdev->device, ha->isp_ops->pci_info_str(base_vha, pci_info),