diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
index 2f543f2d36bace..20863a324f565f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function destroy(err, cb) {
   // With duplex streams we use the writable side for state.
   const s = w || r;
 
-  if ((w && w.destroyed) || (r && r.destroyed)) {
+  if (w?.destroyed || r?.destroyed) {
     if (typeof cb === 'function') {
       cb();
     }
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function emitCloseNT(self) {
     r.closeEmitted = true;
   }
 
-  if ((w && w.emitClose) || (r && r.emitClose)) {
+  if (w?.emitClose || r?.emitClose) {
     self.emit('close');
   }
 }
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function emitErrorNT(self, err) {
   const r = self._readableState;
   const w = self._writableState;
 
-  if ((w && w.errorEmitted) || (r && r.errorEmitted)) {
+  if (w?.errorEmitted || r?.errorEmitted) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@ function errorOrDestroy(stream, err, sync) {
   const r = stream._readableState;
   const w = stream._writableState;
 
-  if ((w && w.destroyed) || (r && r.destroyed)) {
+  if (w?.destroyed || r?.destroyed) {
     return this;
   }
 
-  if ((r && r.autoDestroy) || (w && w.autoDestroy))
+  if (r?.autoDestroy || w?.autoDestroy)
     stream.destroy(err);
   else if (err) {
     // Avoid V8 leak, https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/34103#issuecomment-652002364
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ function emitConstructNT(stream) {
 }
 
 function isRequest(stream) {
-  return stream && stream.setHeader && typeof stream.abort === 'function';
+  return stream?.setHeader && typeof stream.abort === 'function';
 }
 
 // Normalize destroy for legacy.