Since the debugfs_create_dir() never returns a null pointer, checking the return value for a null pointer is redundant, and using IS_ERR is safe enough. Signed-off-by: Li Zetao <lizetao1@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/cec/core/cec-core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-core.c b/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-core.c index e0756826d629..b4135447cdae 100644 --- a/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-core.c +++ b/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-core.c @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static int __init cec_devnode_init(void) #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS top_cec_dir = debugfs_create_dir("cec", NULL); - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(top_cec_dir)) { + if (IS_ERR(top_cec_dir)) { pr_warn("cec: Failed to create debugfs cec dir\n"); top_cec_dir = NULL; } -- 2.34.1