diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
index 541d1aacc45..2d13593b309 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
@@ -104,37 +104,36 @@ class ChangeList:
                 raise DisallowedModelAdminLookup("Filtering by %s not allowed" % key)
 
         filter_specs = []
-        if self.list_filter:
-            for list_filter in self.list_filter:
-                if callable(list_filter):
-                    # This is simply a custom list filter class.
-                    spec = list_filter(request, lookup_params, self.model, self.model_admin)
+        for list_filter in self.list_filter:
+            if callable(list_filter):
+                # This is simply a custom list filter class.
+                spec = list_filter(request, lookup_params, self.model, self.model_admin)
+            else:
+                field_path = None
+                if isinstance(list_filter, (tuple, list)):
+                    # This is a custom FieldListFilter class for a given field.
+                    field, field_list_filter_class = list_filter
                 else:
-                    field_path = None
-                    if isinstance(list_filter, (tuple, list)):
-                        # This is a custom FieldListFilter class for a given field.
-                        field, field_list_filter_class = list_filter
-                    else:
-                        # This is simply a field name, so use the default
-                        # FieldListFilter class that has been registered for
-                        # the type of the given field.
-                        field, field_list_filter_class = list_filter, FieldListFilter.create
-                    if not isinstance(field, models.Field):
-                        field_path = field
-                        field = get_fields_from_path(self.model, field_path)[-1]
+                    # This is simply a field name, so use the default
+                    # FieldListFilter class that has been registered for the
+                    # type of the given field.
+                    field, field_list_filter_class = list_filter, FieldListFilter.create
+                if not isinstance(field, models.Field):
+                    field_path = field
+                    field = get_fields_from_path(self.model, field_path)[-1]
 
-                    lookup_params_count = len(lookup_params)
-                    spec = field_list_filter_class(
-                        field, request, lookup_params,
-                        self.model, self.model_admin, field_path=field_path
-                    )
-                    # field_list_filter_class removes any lookup_params it
-                    # processes. If that happened, check if distinct() is
-                    # needed to remove duplicate results.
-                    if lookup_params_count > len(lookup_params):
-                        use_distinct = use_distinct or lookup_needs_distinct(self.lookup_opts, field_path)
-                if spec and spec.has_output():
-                    filter_specs.append(spec)
+                lookup_params_count = len(lookup_params)
+                spec = field_list_filter_class(
+                    field, request, lookup_params,
+                    self.model, self.model_admin, field_path=field_path,
+                )
+                # field_list_filter_class removes any lookup_params it
+                # processes. If that happened, check if distinct() is needed to
+                # remove duplicate results.
+                if lookup_params_count > len(lookup_params):
+                    use_distinct = use_distinct or lookup_needs_distinct(self.lookup_opts, field_path)
+            if spec and spec.has_output():
+                filter_specs.append(spec)
 
         # At this point, all the parameters used by the various ListFilters
         # have been removed from lookup_params, which now only contains other
diff --git a/django/db/models/query.py b/django/db/models/query.py
index 9de3535bab5..2997b890a04 100644
--- a/django/db/models/query.py
+++ b/django/db/models/query.py
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ class ModelIterable(BaseIterable):
         related_populators = get_related_populators(klass_info, select, db)
         for row in compiler.results_iter(results):
             obj = model_cls.from_db(db, init_list, row[model_fields_start:model_fields_end])
-            if related_populators:
-                for rel_populator in related_populators:
-                    rel_populator.populate(row, obj)
+            for rel_populator in related_populators:
+                rel_populator.populate(row, obj)
             if annotation_col_map:
                 for attr_name, col_pos in annotation_col_map.items():
                     setattr(obj, attr_name, row[col_pos])
@@ -1771,9 +1770,8 @@ class RelatedPopulator:
             obj = None
         else:
             obj = self.model_cls.from_db(self.db, self.init_list, obj_data)
-            if self.related_populators:
-                for rel_iter in self.related_populators:
-                    rel_iter.populate(row, obj)
+            for rel_iter in self.related_populators:
+                rel_iter.populate(row, obj)
         self.local_setter(from_obj, obj)
         if obj is not None:
             self.remote_setter(obj, from_obj)
diff --git a/django/template/defaulttags.py b/django/template/defaulttags.py
index 84677c9dc03..6d8813b2fe7 100644
--- a/django/template/defaulttags.py
+++ b/django/template/defaulttags.py
@@ -1363,16 +1363,15 @@ def url(parser, token):
         asvar = bits[-1]
         bits = bits[:-2]
 
-    if bits:
-        for bit in bits:
-            match = kwarg_re.match(bit)
-            if not match:
-                raise TemplateSyntaxError("Malformed arguments to url tag")
-            name, value = match.groups()
-            if name:
-                kwargs[name] = parser.compile_filter(value)
-            else:
-                args.append(parser.compile_filter(value))
+    for bit in bits:
+        match = kwarg_re.match(bit)
+        if not match:
+            raise TemplateSyntaxError("Malformed arguments to url tag")
+        name, value = match.groups()
+        if name:
+            kwargs[name] = parser.compile_filter(value)
+        else:
+            args.append(parser.compile_filter(value))
 
     return URLNode(viewname, args, kwargs, asvar)