No later code uses the assigned value, so it can be dropped. Reported-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 2c4ee23530ffc022 ("serial: sh-sci: Postpone DMA release when falling back to PIO") Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c index f8e53ac5c17dfb94..6ff6f2bf3b9b749f 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c @@ -1574,7 +1574,6 @@ static void sci_request_dma(struct uart_port *port) if (dma_mapping_error(chan->device->dev, s->tx_dma_addr)) { dev_warn(port->dev, "Failed mapping Tx DMA descriptor\n"); dma_release_channel(chan); - chan = NULL; } else { dev_dbg(port->dev, "%s: mapped %lu@%p to %pad\n", __func__, UART_XMIT_SIZE, -- 2.17.1