pata_platform_probe() isn't a hotpath, which makes it's questionable to use unlikely(). Therefore let's simply drop it. Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2-->v3 * New patch --- drivers/ata/pata_platform.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c b/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c index cb3134bf88eb..29902001e223 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_platform.c @@ -199,14 +199,14 @@ static int pata_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) * Get the I/O base first */ io_res = platform_get_mem_or_io(pdev, 0); - if (unlikely(!io_res)) + if (!io_res) return -EINVAL; /* * Then the CTL base */ ctl_res = platform_get_mem_or_io(pdev, 1); - if (unlikely(!ctl_res)) + if (!ctl_res) return -EINVAL; /* -- 2.17.1