If the cx NULL pointer check is true, then it reports an error with CX18_ERR, but that uses cx. Replace it with pr_err. Reported by smatch: drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-mailbox.c:834 cx18_vapi() error: we previously assumed 'cx' could be null (see line 833) Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-mailbox.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-mailbox.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-mailbox.c index 3b283f3c6726..a6457c23d18c 100644 --- a/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-mailbox.c +++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-mailbox.c @@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ int cx18_vapi(struct cx18 *cx, u32 cmd, int args, ...) int i; if (cx == NULL) { - CX18_ERR("cx == NULL (cmd=%x)\n", cmd); + pr_err("cx == NULL (cmd=%x)\n", cmd); return 0; } if (args > MAX_MB_ARGUMENTS) { -- 2.42.0