diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index fb5cb559d..8741d16ec 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -1801,9 +1801,8 @@ inp_search_closing_paren1(char *s)
         if (count == 0)
             return s;
     }
-    if (count != 0)
-        return NULL;
-    return s;
+
+    return NULL;
 }
 
 
@@ -1821,9 +1820,8 @@ inp_search_for_closing_paren2(char *s)
         if (count == 0)
             return s;
     }
-    if (count != 0)
-        return NULL;
-    return s;
+
+    return NULL;
 }