diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/utils.go b/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/utils.go
index 3115b4e8391..1386c93d54f 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/algorithm/predicates/utils.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func FilterPodsByNamespace(pods []*v1.Pod, ns string) []*v1.Pod {
 
 // CreateSelectorFromLabels is used to define a selector that corresponds to the keys in a map.
 func CreateSelectorFromLabels(aL map[string]string) labels.Selector {
-	if aL == nil || len(aL) == 0 {
+	if len(aL) == 0 {
 		return labels.Everything()
 	}
 	return labels.Set(aL).AsSelector()
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/naming/from_stack.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/naming/from_stack.go
index 2965d5a8bc5..d69bf32caa8 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/naming/from_stack.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/naming/from_stack.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ var stackCreator = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^created by (.*)\n\s+(.*):(\d+) \+0x[
 func extractStackCreator() (string, int, bool) {
 	stack := debug.Stack()
 	matches := stackCreator.FindStringSubmatch(string(stack))
-	if matches == nil || len(matches) != 4 {
+	if len(matches) != 4 {
 		return "", 0, false
 	}
 	line, err := strconv.Atoi(matches[3])