diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/inline.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/inline.py
index 83c383fa1f..8949cf35ad 100755
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/inline.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/inline.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class Inline:
         action = self.__default_dict.get(self.__token_info)
         if action:
             action(line)
-            self.__write_obj.write(line)
+        self.__write_obj.write(line)
 
     def __found_open_bracket_func(self, line):
         """
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ class Inline:
                     self.__token_info = line[:16]
                 self.__set_list_func(line)
                 action = self.__state_dict.get(self.__state)
-                if action == None:
+                if action is None:
                     sys.stderr.write(_('No matching state in module inline_for_lists.py\n'))
                     sys.stderr.write(self.__state + '\n')
                 action(line)
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/process_tokens.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/process_tokens.py
index 9f26bb295b..1033ebc583 100755
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/process_tokens.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/process_tokens.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class ProcessTokens:
         self.__return_code = 0
         self.dict_token={
         # unicode
-        'mshex'             :   ('nu', '__________', self.__ms_hex_func),
+        'mshex'              :  ('nu', '__________', self.__ms_hex_func),
         # brackets
         '{'                  :	('nu', '{', self.ob_func),
         '}'                  :	('nu', '}', self.cb_func),