diff --git a/lib/vfs/src/host_fs.rs b/lib/vfs/src/host_fs.rs
index 275ee27f0d6..19475768e51 100644
--- a/lib/vfs/src/host_fs.rs
+++ b/lib/vfs/src/host_fs.rs
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ impl VirtualFile for File {
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn host_file_bytes_available(host_fd: FileDescriptor) -> Result<usize> {
-    let mut bytes_found = 0 as libc::c_int;
+    let mut bytes_found: libc::c_int = 0;
     let result = unsafe { libc::ioctl(host_fd.try_into()?, libc::FIONREAD, &mut bytes_found) };
 
     match result {
diff --git a/lib/vfs/src/lib.rs b/lib/vfs/src/lib.rs
index bc554a505ab..50a80edbad5 100644
--- a/lib/vfs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/vfs/src/lib.rs
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ impl DirEntry {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::len_without_is_empty)] // Clippy thinks it's an iterator.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
 // TODO: review this, proper solution would probably use a trait object internally
 pub struct Metadata {
@@ -369,21 +370,27 @@ impl Metadata {
     pub fn is_file(&self) -> bool {
         self.ft.is_file()
     }
+
     pub fn is_dir(&self) -> bool {
         self.ft.is_dir()
     }
+
     pub fn accessed(&self) -> u64 {
         self.accessed
     }
+
     pub fn created(&self) -> u64 {
         self.created
     }
+
     pub fn modified(&self) -> u64 {
         self.modified
     }
+
     pub fn file_type(&self) -> FileType {
         self.ft.clone()
     }
+
     pub fn len(&self) -> u64 {
         self.len
     }
diff --git a/lib/vfs/src/mem_fs/file.rs b/lib/vfs/src/mem_fs/file.rs
index 9eeb07f2eac..fe0862ee000 100644
--- a/lib/vfs/src/mem_fs/file.rs
+++ b/lib/vfs/src/mem_fs/file.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl VirtualFile for FileHandle {
 
         match fs.storage.get(self.inode) {
             Some(Node::File { file, .. }) => file.buffer.len().try_into().unwrap_or(0),
-            _ => return 0,
+            _ => 0,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/vfs/src/mem_fs/filesystem.rs b/lib/vfs/src/mem_fs/filesystem.rs
index 7c8d74247d1..9e2913ed7bc 100644
--- a/lib/vfs/src/mem_fs/filesystem.rs
+++ b/lib/vfs/src/mem_fs/filesystem.rs
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ impl FileSystemInner {
 
                     _ => None,
                 })
-                .or_else(|| Some(None))
+                .or(Some(None))
                 .ok_or(FsError::InvalidInput),
 
             _ => Err(FsError::BaseNotDirectory),
@@ -519,12 +519,11 @@ impl FileSystemInner {
 
 impl fmt::Debug for FileSystemInner {
     fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(
+        writeln!(
             formatter,
-            "\n{inode:<8}    {ty:<4}    {name}\n",
+            "\n{inode:<8}    {ty:<4}    name",
             inode = "inode",
             ty = "type",
-            name = "name",
         )?;
 
         fn debug(
@@ -534,9 +533,9 @@ impl fmt::Debug for FileSystemInner {
             indentation: usize,
         ) -> fmt::Result {
             for node in nodes {
-                write!(
+                writeln!(
                     formatter,
-                    "{inode:<8}    {ty:<4}   {indentation_symbol:indentation_width$}{name}\n",
+                    "{inode:<8}    {ty:<4}   {indentation_symbol:indentation_width$}{name}",
                     inode = node.inode(),
                     ty = match node {
                         Node::File { .. } => "file",