The definition of IS_ERR() already applies the unlikely() notation when checking the error status of the passed pointer. For this reason there is no need to have the same notation outside of IS_ERR() itself. Clean up code by removing redundant notation. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c b/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c index 450c5cfcb3fc..3c1912c0430b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ can_rx_offload_offload_one(struct can_rx_offload *offload, unsigned int n) /* There was a problem reading the mailbox, propagate * error value. */ - if (unlikely(IS_ERR(skb))) { + if (IS_ERR(skb)) { offload->dev->stats.rx_dropped++; offload->dev->stats.rx_fifo_errors++; -- 2.29.2