The if statement that compares msgs[i].len != 3 is always false because it is in a code block where msg[i].len is equal to 3. The check is redundant and can be removed. As detected by cppcheck static analysis: drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-i2c.c:168:20: warning: Opposite inner 'if' condition leads to a dead code block. [oppositeInnerCondition] Fixes: 866b8695d67e ("Staging: add the go7007 video driver") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-i2c.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-i2c.c b/drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-i2c.c index 38339dd2f83f..2880370e45c8 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-i2c.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-i2c.c @@ -165,8 +165,6 @@ static int go7007_i2c_master_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, } else if (msgs[i].len == 3) { if (msgs[i].flags & I2C_M_RD) return -EIO; - if (msgs[i].len != 3) - return -EIO; if (go7007_i2c_xfer(go, msgs[i].addr, 0, (msgs[i].buf[0] << 8) | msgs[i].buf[1], 0x01, &msgs[i].buf[2]) < 0) -- 2.39.2