This NULL check was required when it was added, but we shuffled the code around in commit 1f50db2f3e1e ("drm/msm/mdp5: move resource allocation to the _probe function") and now it's not. The inconsistent NULL checking triggers a Smatch warning: drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c:847 mdp5_init() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'mdp5_kms' (see line 782) Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c index 11d9fc2c6bf5..ec933d597e20 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c @@ -844,8 +844,7 @@ static int mdp5_init(struct platform_device *pdev, struct drm_device *dev) return 0; fail: - if (mdp5_kms) - mdp5_destroy(mdp5_kms); + mdp5_destroy(mdp5_kms); return ret; } -- 2.39.2