"pep->pd" isn't checked consistently in this function. For example it's dereferenced unconditionally on the next line after the end of the if condition. This function is only called from pxa168_eth_probe() and pep->pd is always non-NULL so I removed the check. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/pxa168_eth.c b/drivers/net/pxa168_eth.c index ecc64d7..857a681 100644 --- a/drivers/net/pxa168_eth.c +++ b/drivers/net/pxa168_eth.c @@ -1414,10 +1414,8 @@ static int ethernet_phy_setup(struct net_device *dev) { struct pxa168_eth_private *pep = netdev_priv(dev); - if (pep->pd != NULL) { - if (pep->pd->init) - pep->pd->init(); - } + if (pep->pd->init) + pep->pd->init(); pep->phy = phy_scan(pep, pep->pd->phy_addr & 0x1f); if (pep->phy != NULL) phy_init(pep, pep->pd->speed, pep->pd->duplex); -- 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