diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/AzureNativeFileSystemStore.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/AzureNativeFileSystemStore.java
index a87bbc5b07..239dec26f1 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/AzureNativeFileSystemStore.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/AzureNativeFileSystemStore.java
@@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ public void storeEmptyFolder(String key, PermissionStatus permissionStatus)
       throw new AzureException(e);
     } catch (IOException e) {
       Throwable t = e.getCause();
-      if (t != null && t instanceof StorageException) {
+      if (t instanceof StorageException) {
         StorageException se = (StorageException) t;
         // If we got this exception, the blob should have already been created
         if (!"LeaseIdMissing".equals(se.getErrorCode())) {
@@ -2638,7 +2638,7 @@ public boolean delete(String key) throws IOException {
       return delete(key, null);
     } catch (IOException e) {
       Throwable t = e.getCause();
-      if (t != null && t instanceof StorageException) {
+      if (t instanceof StorageException) {
         StorageException se = (StorageException) t;
         if ("LeaseIdMissing".equals(se.getErrorCode())){
           SelfRenewingLease lease = null;