We dereference "port" on the lines immediately before and immediately after the test so port should hopefully never be null here. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c index 2559fb5..8b25887 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c @@ -627,8 +627,8 @@ static void br_multicast_port_query_expired(unsigned long data) struct net_bridge *br = port->br; spin_lock(&br->multicast_lock); - if (port && (port->state == BR_STATE_DISABLED || - port->state == BR_STATE_BLOCKING)) + if (port->state == BR_STATE_DISABLED || + port->state == BR_STATE_BLOCKING) goto out; if (port->multicast_startup_queries_sent < -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html