In this case dev cannot be NULL, so remove redundant check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: 03fd3cf5a179 ("can: add driver for Softing card") Signed-off-by: Daniil Dulov <d.dulov@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/can/softing/softing_fw.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_fw.c b/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_fw.c index bad69a4abec1..5a3f9e4b0b62 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_fw.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_fw.c @@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ int softing_startstop(struct net_device *dev, int up) return ret; bus_bitmask_start = 0; - if (dev && up) + if (up) /* prepare to start this bus as well */ bus_bitmask_start |= (1 << priv->index); /* bring netdevs down */ -- 2.25.1