An unnecessary extra check leads to the following static code checker warning: drivers/dma/amd/ptdma/ptdma-dmaengine.c: pt_cmd_callback_work() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'desc' Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/bfa0a979-ce9f-422d-92c3-34921155d048@stanley.mountain/ Fixes: 656543989457 ("dmaengine: ptdma: Utilize the AE4DMA engine's multi-queue functionality") Signed-off-by: Basavaraj Natikar <Basavaraj.Natikar@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/amd/ptdma/ptdma-dmaengine.c | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/amd/ptdma/ptdma-dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/amd/ptdma/ptdma-dmaengine.c index 715ac3ae067b..d1d38ed811c2 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/amd/ptdma/ptdma-dmaengine.c +++ b/drivers/dma/amd/ptdma/ptdma-dmaengine.c @@ -355,16 +355,14 @@ static void pt_cmd_callback_work(void *data, int err) desc->status = DMA_ERROR; spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->vc.lock, flags); - if (desc) { - if (desc->status != DMA_COMPLETE) { - if (desc->status != DMA_ERROR) - desc->status = DMA_COMPLETE; + if (desc->status != DMA_COMPLETE) { + if (desc->status != DMA_ERROR) + desc->status = DMA_COMPLETE; - dma_cookie_complete(tx_desc); - dma_descriptor_unmap(tx_desc); - } else { - tx_desc = NULL; - } + dma_cookie_complete(tx_desc); + dma_descriptor_unmap(tx_desc); + } else { + tx_desc = NULL; } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->vc.lock, flags); -- 2.34.1