We know that "dev" is a valid pointer at this point, so we can remove the test and clean up a little. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 618dbe4..e7e058e 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -1867,10 +1867,10 @@ replay: else err = register_netdevice(dev); - if (err < 0 && !IS_ERR(dev)) + if (err < 0) { free_netdev(dev); - if (err < 0) goto out; + } err = rtnl_configure_link(dev, ifm); if (err < 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