kfree(NULL) is a noop, so there is no win in checking a pointer before kfreeing it. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c index c96c14e7dab1..c71fc86eb849 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-sha204a.c @@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ static int atmel_sha204a_remove(struct i2c_client *client) return -EBUSY; } - if (i2c_priv->hwrng.priv) - kfree((void *)i2c_priv->hwrng.priv); + kfree((void *)i2c_priv->hwrng.priv); return 0; } base-commit: 3123109284176b1532874591f7c81f3837bbdc17 -- 2.35.1