The function serial_number is only called from one location with a valid serial_number pointer. Remove not needed NULL pointer check. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210406111622.1874957-10-mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Acked-by: Stephane Grosjean <s.grosjean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Stephane Grosjean <s.grosjean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb.c index ffb01c3a3827..929cc1b05aa2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb.c @@ -367,9 +367,7 @@ static int pcan_usb_get_serial(struct peak_usb_device *dev, u32 *serial_number) err = pcan_usb_wait_rsp(dev, PCAN_USB_CMD_SN, PCAN_USB_GET, args); if (err) return err; - - if (serial_number) - *serial_number = le32_to_cpup((__le32 *)args); + *serial_number = le32_to_cpup((__le32 *)args); return 0; } -- 2.30.2