The "tr" is a stack variable so setting it to NULL before a return is a no-op. Delete the assignment. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index f40d850ebabc..a19b56f24350 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -8799,7 +8799,6 @@ static int __remove_instance(struct trace_array *tr) free_cpumask_var(tr->tracing_cpumask); kfree(tr->name); kfree(tr); - tr = NULL; return 0; } -- 2.28.0