dpaa2_mac_disconnect() will only be called with a NULL mac->phylink if dpaa2_mac_connect() failed, or was never called. The callers are these: dpaa2_eth_disconnect_mac(): if (dpaa2_eth_is_type_phy(priv)) dpaa2_mac_disconnect(priv->mac); dpaa2_switch_port_disconnect_mac(): if (dpaa2_switch_port_is_type_phy(port_priv)) dpaa2_mac_disconnect(port_priv->mac); priv->mac can be NULL, but in that case, dpaa2_eth_is_type_phy() returns false, and dpaa2_mac_disconnect() is never called. Similar for dpaa2-switch. When priv->mac is non-NULL, it means that dpaa2_mac_connect() returned zero (success), and therefore, priv->mac->phylink is also a valid pointer. Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c index c22ce1c871f3..9d1e7026eaef 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c @@ -449,9 +449,6 @@ int dpaa2_mac_connect(struct dpaa2_mac *mac) void dpaa2_mac_disconnect(struct dpaa2_mac *mac) { - if (!mac->phylink) - return; - phylink_disconnect_phy(mac->phylink); phylink_destroy(mac->phylink); dpaa2_pcs_destroy(mac); -- 2.34.1