The "ctx" variable can never be NULL here and also we dereference it on the previous line. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c index 7389d2d..4db19f7 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs/file.c +++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c @@ -309,8 +309,7 @@ do_non_resident_extend: done: flush_dcache_mft_record_page(ctx->ntfs_ino); mark_mft_record_dirty(ctx->ntfs_ino); - if (ctx) - ntfs_attr_put_search_ctx(ctx); + ntfs_attr_put_search_ctx(ctx); if (m) unmap_mft_record(base_ni); ntfs_debug("Done, initialized_size 0x%llx, i_size 0x%llx.", -- 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