Fix cppcheck warning and only dereference once the initial checks are done: sound/core/compress_offload.c:516:38: warning: Either the condition '!stream' is redundant or there is possible null pointer dereference: stream. [nullPointerRedundantCheck] struct snd_compr_runtime *runtime = stream->runtime; ^ sound/core/compress_offload.c:518:17: note: Assuming that condition '!stream' is not redundant if (snd_BUG_ON(!(stream) || !(stream)->runtime)) ^ sound/core/compress_offload.c:516:38: note: Null pointer dereference struct snd_compr_runtime *runtime = stream->runtime; ^ Signed-off-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/core/compress_offload.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c index 0e53f6f31916..e3eb314acb10 100644 --- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c +++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c @@ -513,10 +513,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_compr_malloc_pages); int snd_compr_free_pages(struct snd_compr_stream *stream) { - struct snd_compr_runtime *runtime = stream->runtime; + struct snd_compr_runtime *runtime; if (snd_BUG_ON(!(stream) || !(stream)->runtime)) return -EINVAL; + runtime = stream->runtime; if (runtime->dma_area == NULL) return 0; if (runtime->dma_buffer_p != &stream->dma_buffer) { -- 2.25.1