diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index fcf09325b22e..427b77219a8c 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ int bio_split_io_at(struct bio *bio, const struct queue_limits *lim,
 	 * there may either be too many discontiguous vectors for the max
 	 * segments limit, or contain virtual boundary gaps without having a
 	 * valid block sized split. A zero byte result means one of those
-	 * conditions occured.
+	 * conditions occurred.
 	 */
 	bytes = ALIGN_DOWN(bytes, bio_split_alignment(bio, lim));
 	if (!bytes)
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static inline int ll_new_hw_segment(struct request *req, struct bio *bio,
 	if (!blk_cgroup_mergeable(req, bio))
 		goto no_merge;
 
-	if (blk_integrity_merge_bio(req->q, req, bio) == false)
+	if (!blk_integrity_merge_bio(req->q, req, bio))
 		goto no_merge;
 
 	/* discard request merge won't add new segment */
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static int ll_merge_requests_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 	if (!blk_cgroup_mergeable(req, next->bio))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (blk_integrity_merge_rq(q, req, next) == false)
+	if (!blk_integrity_merge_rq(q, req, next))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!bio_crypt_ctx_merge_rq(req, next))
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 
 	if (!blk_cgroup_mergeable(rq, bio))
 		return false;
-	if (blk_integrity_merge_bio(rq->q, rq, bio) == false)
+	if (!blk_integrity_merge_bio(rq->q, rq, bio))
 		return false;
 	if (!bio_crypt_rq_ctx_compatible(rq, bio))
 		return false;
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 		return false;
 	if (rq->bio->bi_ioprio != bio->bi_ioprio)
 		return false;
-	if (blk_atomic_write_mergeable_rq_bio(rq, bio) == false)
+	if (!blk_atomic_write_mergeable_rq_bio(rq, bio))
 		return false;
 
 	return true;