diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11145-ruff-cases-4.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11145-ruff-cases-4.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..799d866d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11145-ruff-cases-4.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ipinfoio_facts - fix handling of HTTP errors consulting the service (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11145).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ipinfoio_facts.py b/plugins/modules/ipinfoio_facts.py
index a233611438..705eba61ba 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ipinfoio_facts.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ipinfoio_facts.py
@@ -95,25 +95,23 @@ class IpinfoioFacts:
         response, info = fetch_url(
             self.module,
             self.url,
-            force=True,  # NOQA
+            force=True,
             timeout=self.timeout,
         )
-        try:
-            info["status"] == 200
-        except AssertionError:
+        if info["status"] != 200:
             self.module.fail_json(msg=f"Could not get {self.url} page, check for connectivity!")
+
+        try:
+            content = response.read()
+            result = self.module.from_json(content)
+        except ValueError:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg=f"Failed to parse the ipinfo.io response: {self.url} {content}")
         else:
-            try:
-                content = response.read()
-                result = self.module.from_json(content.decode("utf8"))
-            except ValueError:
-                self.module.fail_json(msg=f"Failed to parse the ipinfo.io response: {self.url} {content}")
-            else:
-                return result
+            return result
 
 
 def main():
-    module = AnsibleModule(  # NOQA
+    module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
             http_agent=dict(default=USER_AGENT),
             timeout=dict(type="int", default=10),
diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
index cc83b38257..30426aa23f 100644
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ ignore = [
     "UP030",  # Use implicit references for positional format fields
     "UP031",  # Use format specifiers instead of percent format
     "UP041",  # Replace aliased errors with `TimeoutError`
-    "B015",  # useless-comparison
     "B026",  # star-arg-unpacking-after-keyword-arg
     "SIM102",  # collapsible-if
     "SIM110",  # reimplemented-builtin
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/module_utils/net_tools/pritunl/test_api.py b/tests/unit/plugins/module_utils/net_tools/pritunl/test_api.py
index 165e9eaf8a..027f3e5a8a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/module_utils/net_tools/pritunl/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/module_utils/net_tools/pritunl/test_api.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ class TestPritunlApi:
 
         for org in response:
             if org["id"] == org_id:
-                org["user_count"] == org_user_count
+                assert org["user_count"] == org_user_count
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "org_filters,org_expected",
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_pacman.py b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_pacman.py
index 934a5717a6..bf16cdfb8f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_pacman.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_pacman.py
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class TestPacman:
 
             with pytest.raises(AnsibleExitJson) as e:
                 P.run()
-        self.mock_run_command.call_count == 0
+        assert self.mock_run_command.call_count == 0
         out = e.value.args[0]
         assert "packages" not in out
         assert out["changed"]
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ class TestPacman:
             out = e.value.args[0]
 
         if check_mode_value:
-            self.mock_run_command.call_count == 0
+            assert self.mock_run_command.call_count == 0
 
         if run_command_data and "args" in run_command_data:
             self.mock_run_command.assert_called_with(mock.ANY, run_command_data["args"], check_rc=False)
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ class TestPacman:
         assert not out["changed"]
         assert "packages" in out
         assert "diff" not in out
-        self.mock_run_command.call_count == 0
+        assert self.mock_run_command.call_count == 0
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "module_args, expected_packages, package_list_out, run_command_data, raises",