A local 'battery' variable is initialized to NULL on two occassions where it is unconditionally rewritten later. Remove the unnecessary initializations. Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/battery.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/battery.c b/drivers/acpi/battery.c index da3a879d638a..06e84d21ba3b 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/battery.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/battery.c @@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ static int acpi_battery_update_retry(struct acpi_battery *battery) static int acpi_battery_add(struct acpi_device *device) { int result = 0; - struct acpi_battery *battery = NULL; + struct acpi_battery *battery; if (!device) return -EINVAL; @@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ static int acpi_battery_add(struct acpi_device *device) static void acpi_battery_remove(struct acpi_device *device) { - struct acpi_battery *battery = NULL; + struct acpi_battery *battery; if (!device || !acpi_driver_data(device)) return; -- 2.39.2