The pointer hubdrv is being re-assigned the same value as it was initialized with only a few lines earlier. The re-assignment is redundant and can be removed. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c index 7e753a75d23b..5de47b89a9e1 100644 --- a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c @@ -1048,7 +1048,6 @@ int intel_th_set_output(struct intel_th_device *thdev, * hub is instantiated together with the source device that * calls here, so guaranteed to be present. */ - hubdrv = to_intel_th_driver(hub->dev.driver); if (!hubdrv || !try_module_get(hubdrv->driver.owner)) return -EINVAL; -- 2.33.1