Calling rtw_free_xmitframe() with a NULL "pxmitframe" parameter is a no-op. It appears that originally this code was part of a loop but it was already dead code by the time that the driver was merged into the kernel. Fixes: 7bc88639ad36 ("staging: r8188eu: Add files for new driver - part 17") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c index 19055a1a92c1..d82dd22f2903 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/hal/rtl8188eu_xmit.c @@ -413,8 +413,7 @@ static u32 xmitframe_need_length(struct xmit_frame *pxmitframe) bool rtl8188eu_xmitframe_complete(struct adapter *adapt, struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv) { - struct xmit_frame *pxmitframe = NULL; - struct xmit_frame *n; + struct xmit_frame *pxmitframe, *n; struct xmit_frame *pfirstframe = NULL; struct xmit_buf *pxmitbuf; @@ -443,8 +442,6 @@ bool rtl8188eu_xmitframe_complete(struct adapter *adapt, return false; /* 3 1. pick up first frame */ - rtw_free_xmitframe(pxmitpriv, pxmitframe); - pxmitframe = rtw_dequeue_xframe(pxmitpriv, pxmitpriv->hwxmits, pxmitpriv->hwxmit_entry); if (!pxmitframe) { /* no more xmit frame, release xmit buffer */ -- 2.30.2