Checking a pointer after it has been dereferenced is not useful. This was detected by Coverity. Cc: Himanshu Madhani <hmadhani@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Giridhar Malavali <gmalavali@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c index 16028ee8c7a7..bba25c38a118 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static void qla_nvme_abort_work(struct work_struct *work) "%s called for sp=%p, hndl=%x on fcport=%p deleted=%d\n", __func__, sp, sp->handle, fcport, fcport->deleted); - if (!ha->flags.fw_started && (fcport && fcport->deleted)) + if (!ha->flags.fw_started && fcport->deleted) goto out; if (ha->flags.host_shutting_down) { -- 2.22.0.770.g0f2c4a37fd-goog