diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/layers/linear.py b/vllm/model_executor/layers/linear.py
index 3cc25783..1dda5d37 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/layers/linear.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/layers/linear.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class MergedColumnParallelLinear(ColumnParallelLinear):
         if loaded_shard_id is None:
             # Loaded weight is already fused on disk (qkv/mlp).
             if output_dim is None:
-                if needs_scalar_to_array is not None:
+                if needs_scalar_to_array:
                     param_data, loaded_weight = adjust_scalar_to_fused_array(
                         param_data, loaded_weight, 0)
 
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ class QKVParallelLinear(ColumnParallelLinear):
         if loaded_shard_id is None:
             # Loaded weight is already fused on disk (qkv/mlp).
             if output_dim is None:
-                if needs_scalar_to_array is not None:
+                if needs_scalar_to_array:
                     param_data, loaded_weight = adjust_scalar_to_fused_array(
                         param_data, loaded_weight, 0)