diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
index 35fd00d26c..901f289860 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
@@ -1141,9 +1141,7 @@ static void device_finalize(Object *obj)
     NamedGPIOList *ngl, *next;
 
     DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
-    if (dev->opts) {
-        qemu_opts_del(dev->opts);
-    }
+    qemu_opts_del(dev->opts);
 
     QLIST_FOREACH_SAFE(ngl, &dev->gpios, node, next) {
         QLIST_REMOVE(ngl, node);
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index a8b01da3ee..ef84b53681 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -3825,9 +3825,7 @@ void qemu_chr_delete(CharDriverState *chr)
     }
     g_free(chr->filename);
     g_free(chr->label);
-    if (chr->opts) {
-        qemu_opts_del(chr->opts);
-    }
+    qemu_opts_del(chr->opts);
     g_free(chr);
 }