> kfree_skb has taken the null pointer into account. I suggest to take another look also at information around a similar update suggestion. net-hsr: Delete unnecessary checks before the function call "kfree_skb" https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/11/14/120 https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/617878/ https://lore.kernel.org/r/5647A77E.6040501@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/11/24/433 https://lore.kernel.org/r/56546951.9080101@xxxxxxxx/ Regards, Markus