diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseCompressedBase.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseCompressedBase.h
index 243cd1643..95af15a2f 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseCompressedBase.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseCompressedBase.h
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ class SparseCompressedBase
     /** \returns the number of non zero coefficients */
     inline Index nonZeros() const
     {
-      if(Derived::IsVectorAtCompileTime && outerIndexPtr()==0)
-        return derived().nonZeros();
-      else if(isCompressed())
-        return outerIndexPtr()[derived().outerSize()]-outerIndexPtr()[0];
-      else if(derived().outerSize()==0)
-        return 0;
-      else
-        return innerNonZeros().sum();
+     if (Derived::IsVectorAtCompileTime && outerIndexPtr() == 0)
+       return derived().nonZeros();
+     else if (derived().outerSize() == 0)
+       return 0;
+     else if (isCompressed())
+       return outerIndexPtr()[derived().outerSize()] - outerIndexPtr()[0];
+     else
+       return innerNonZeros().sum();
     }
     
     /** \returns a const pointer to the array of values.
diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrix.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrix.h
index d5ebbed8c..bf1d56218 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrix.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrix.h
@@ -672,31 +672,14 @@ class SparseMatrix
       m_innerSize = IsRowMajor ? cols : rows;
       m_data.clear();
 
-      if (m_innerNonZeros)
-      {
-        internal::conditional_aligned_delete_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_innerNonZeros, m_outerSize);
-        m_innerNonZeros = 0;
-      }
-
-      if (outerSize == 0)
-      {
-        // don't allocate memory if outerSize == 0 !
-        internal::conditional_aligned_delete_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_outerIndex, m_outerSize + 1);
-        m_outerIndex = 0;
-        m_outerSize = 0;
-        return;
-      }
-
-      if (m_outerSize != outerSize)
-      {
-        if (m_outerIndex == 0)
-          m_outerIndex = internal::conditional_aligned_new_auto<StorageIndex, true>(outerSize + 1);
-        else
-          m_outerIndex = internal::conditional_aligned_realloc_new_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_outerIndex, outerSize + 1,
-                                                                                            m_outerSize + 1);
+      if ((m_outerIndex == 0) || (m_outerSize != outerSize)) {
+        m_outerIndex = internal::conditional_aligned_realloc_new_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_outerIndex, outerSize + 1, m_outerSize + 1);
         m_outerSize = outerSize;
       }
 
+      internal::conditional_aligned_delete_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_innerNonZeros, m_outerSize);
+      m_innerNonZeros = 0;
+
       std::fill_n(m_outerIndex, m_outerSize + 1, StorageIndex(0));
     }
 
@@ -718,7 +701,7 @@ class SparseMatrix
 
     /** Default constructor yielding an empty \c 0 \c x \c 0 matrix */
     inline SparseMatrix()
-      : m_outerSize(-1), m_innerSize(0), m_outerIndex(0), m_innerNonZeros(0)
+      : m_outerSize(0), m_innerSize(0), m_outerIndex(0), m_innerNonZeros(0)
     {
       resize(0, 0);
     }
@@ -803,10 +786,8 @@ class SparseMatrix
     inline void setIdentity()
     {
       eigen_assert(m_outerSize == m_innerSize && "ONLY FOR SQUARED MATRICES");
-      if (m_innerNonZeros) {
-        internal::conditional_aligned_delete_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_innerNonZeros, m_outerSize);
-        m_innerNonZeros = 0;
-      }
+      internal::conditional_aligned_delete_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_innerNonZeros, m_outerSize);
+      m_innerNonZeros = 0;
       m_data.resize(m_outerSize);
       // is it necessary to squeeze?
       m_data.squeeze();
@@ -923,11 +904,8 @@ protected:
     void initAssignment(const Other& other)
     {
       resize(other.rows(), other.cols());
-      if(m_innerNonZeros)
-      {
-        internal::conditional_aligned_delete_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_innerNonZeros, m_outerSize);
-        m_innerNonZeros = 0;
-      }
+      internal::conditional_aligned_delete_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_innerNonZeros, m_outerSize);
+      m_innerNonZeros = 0;
     }
 
     /** \internal
@@ -1003,10 +981,8 @@ protected:
 
       if(m_data.size()==0 || overwrite)
       {
-        if (!isCompressed()) {
-          internal::conditional_aligned_delete_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_innerNonZeros, m_outerSize);
-          m_innerNonZeros = 0;
-        }
+        internal::conditional_aligned_delete_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_innerNonZeros, m_outerSize);
+        m_innerNonZeros = 0;
         resizeNonZeros(n);
         ValueMap valueMap(valuePtr(), n);
         std::iota(m_outerIndex, m_outerIndex + n + 1, StorageIndex(0));
@@ -1338,10 +1314,8 @@ void SparseMatrix<Scalar, Options_, StorageIndex_>::collapseDuplicates(DenseBase
   }
   m_outerIndex[m_outerSize] = count;
   // turn the matrix into compressed form
-  if (m_innerNonZeros) {
-    internal::conditional_aligned_delete_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_innerNonZeros, m_outerSize);
-    m_innerNonZeros = 0;
-  }
+  internal::conditional_aligned_delete_auto<StorageIndex, true>(m_innerNonZeros, m_outerSize);
+  m_innerNonZeros = 0;
   m_data.resize(m_outerIndex[m_outerSize]);
 }