diff --git a/sys/dev/wg/if_wg.c b/sys/dev/wg/if_wg.c
index 57caa69bde3b..d0b75d5cbf4b 100644
--- a/sys/dev/wg/if_wg.c
+++ b/sys/dev/wg/if_wg.c
@@ -3135,9 +3135,9 @@ wg_module_init(void)
 		[PR_METHOD_REMOVE] = wg_prison_remove,
 	};
 
-	if ((wg_packet_zone = uma_zcreate("wg packet", sizeof(struct wg_packet),
-	     NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0)) == NULL)
-		return (ENOMEM);
+	wg_packet_zone = uma_zcreate("wg packet", sizeof(struct wg_packet),
+	     NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
+
 	ret = crypto_init();
 	if (ret != 0)
 		return (ret);
diff --git a/sys/dev/wg/wg_cookie.c b/sys/dev/wg/wg_cookie.c
index 6ff9325c6613..80617d473471 100644
--- a/sys/dev/wg/wg_cookie.c
+++ b/sys/dev/wg/wg_cookie.c
@@ -85,9 +85,8 @@ static uma_zone_t ratelimit_zone;
 int
 cookie_init(void)
 {
-	if ((ratelimit_zone = uma_zcreate("wg ratelimit",
-	    sizeof(struct ratelimit_entry), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0)) == NULL)
-		return ENOMEM;
+	ratelimit_zone = uma_zcreate("wg ratelimit",
+	    sizeof(struct ratelimit_entry), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
 
 	ratelimit_init(&ratelimit_v4);
 #ifdef INET6