Since strreplace() returns the pointer to the original string, we may use it directly in the code. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/kobject.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c index f79a434e1231..16d530f9c174 100644 --- a/lib/kobject.c +++ b/lib/kobject.c @@ -281,8 +281,7 @@ int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt, kfree_const(s); if (!t) return -ENOMEM; - strreplace(t, '/', '!'); - s = t; + s = strreplace(t, '/', '!'); } kfree_const(kobj->name); kobj->name = s; -- 2.40.0.1.gaa8946217a0b