At the error logic, ipc_buf was already asigned to &ctx->ipc_buf_struct, with can't be null, as warned by smatch: drivers/media/platform/sti/delta/delta-ipc.c:223 delta_ipc_open() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'ctx->ipc_buf' (see line 183) So, remove the uneeded check. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/platform/sti/delta/delta-ipc.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sti/delta/delta-ipc.c b/drivers/media/platform/sti/delta/delta-ipc.c index a4603d573c34..186d88f02ecd 100644 --- a/drivers/media/platform/sti/delta/delta-ipc.c +++ b/drivers/media/platform/sti/delta/delta-ipc.c @@ -220,10 +220,8 @@ int delta_ipc_open(struct delta_ctx *pctx, const char *name, err: pctx->sys_errors++; - if (ctx->ipc_buf) { - hw_free(pctx, ctx->ipc_buf); - ctx->ipc_buf = NULL; - } + hw_free(pctx, ctx->ipc_buf); + ctx->ipc_buf = NULL; return ret; }; -- 2.20.1