The remove callback is only called after probe completed successfully. In this case platform_set_drvdata() was called with a non-NULL argument and so tdes_dd is never NULL. This is a preparation for making platform remove callbacks return void. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/atmel-tdes.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-tdes.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-tdes.c index 9fd7b8e439d2..a5e78aa08bf0 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-tdes.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-tdes.c @@ -1266,8 +1266,7 @@ static int atmel_tdes_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) struct atmel_tdes_dev *tdes_dd; tdes_dd = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); - if (!tdes_dd) - return -ENODEV; + spin_lock(&atmel_tdes.lock); list_del(&tdes_dd->list); spin_unlock(&atmel_tdes.lock); -- 2.36.1