An spi remove callback is only called for devices that probed successfully. In this case this implies that mc33880_probe() set a non-NULL driver data. So the check for mc being NULL is never true and the check can be dropped. Also the return value ofspi remove callbacks is ignored anyway. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpio/gpio-mc33880.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mc33880.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mc33880.c index f8194f7c6186..31d2be1bebc8 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mc33880.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mc33880.c @@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ static int mc33880_remove(struct spi_device *spi) struct mc33880 *mc; mc = spi_get_drvdata(spi); - if (!mc) - return -ENODEV; gpiochip_remove(&mc->chip); mutex_destroy(&mc->lock); -- 2.30.2