When a list is completely iterated with 'list_for_each_entry(x, ...)', x is not NULL at the end. Introduce an intermediate variable and test it instead, in order to reliably know if something was found or not. Fixes: f2663872f073 ("crypto: cavium - Register the CNN55XX supported crypto algorithms.") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c index 788c6607078b..172cafe7c039 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_main.c @@ -278,15 +278,18 @@ static void nitrox_remove_from_devlist(struct nitrox_device *ndev) struct nitrox_device *nitrox_get_first_device(void) { - struct nitrox_device *ndev = NULL; + struct nitrox_device *ndev; + bool found = false; mutex_lock(&devlist_lock); list_for_each_entry(ndev, &ndevlist, list) { - if (nitrox_ready(ndev)) + if (nitrox_ready(ndev)) { + found = true; break; + } } mutex_unlock(&devlist_lock); - if (!ndev) + if (!found) return NULL; refcount_inc(&ndev->refcnt); -- 2.25.1