The 'struct mmc_host *mmc' comes from drvdata set at the end of probe, so it cannot be NULL. The code already dereferences it few lines before the check with mmc_priv(). This also fixes smatch warning: drivers/mmc/host/moxart-mmc.c:692 moxart_remove() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'mmc' (see line 688) Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/mmc/host/moxart-mmc.c | 23 +++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/moxart-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/moxart-mmc.c index 2bfb376fddc4..f25079ba3bca 100644 --- a/drivers/mmc/host/moxart-mmc.c +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/moxart-mmc.c @@ -689,19 +689,18 @@ static int moxart_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, NULL); - if (mmc) { - if (!IS_ERR(host->dma_chan_tx)) - dma_release_channel(host->dma_chan_tx); - if (!IS_ERR(host->dma_chan_rx)) - dma_release_channel(host->dma_chan_rx); - mmc_remove_host(mmc); - mmc_free_host(mmc); + if (!IS_ERR(host->dma_chan_tx)) + dma_release_channel(host->dma_chan_tx); + if (!IS_ERR(host->dma_chan_rx)) + dma_release_channel(host->dma_chan_rx); + mmc_remove_host(mmc); + mmc_free_host(mmc); + + writel(0, host->base + REG_INTERRUPT_MASK); + writel(0, host->base + REG_POWER_CONTROL); + writel(readl(host->base + REG_CLOCK_CONTROL) | CLK_OFF, + host->base + REG_CLOCK_CONTROL); - writel(0, host->base + REG_INTERRUPT_MASK); - writel(0, host->base + REG_POWER_CONTROL); - writel(readl(host->base + REG_CLOCK_CONTROL) | CLK_OFF, - host->base + REG_CLOCK_CONTROL); - } return 0; } -- 2.17.1