If "cd" were NULL then we would dereference it when we print the error message. Fortunately enough, it can't ever be NULL so we can remove those lines. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/cyttsp4_core.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/cyttsp4_core.c index 7aa4a34..851e3ff 100644 --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/cyttsp4_core.c +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/cyttsp4_core.c @@ -1450,11 +1450,6 @@ static void cyttsp4_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work) u8 *mode; int retval; - if (cd == NULL) { - dev_err(cd->dev, "%s: NULL context pointer\n", __func__); - return; - } - mutex_lock(&cd->system_lock); retval = cyttsp4_load_status_regs(cd); if (retval < 0) { -- 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