Since qlt_remove_target() only calls qlt_release() if vha->vha_tgt.qla_tgt != NULL, checking that pointer inside qlt_release() is not necessary. This patch fixes the following Coverity complaint: CID 188348 (#1 of 1): Dereference after null check (FORWARD_NULL) var_deref_model: Passing null pointer &vha->vha_tgt.qla_tgt->tgt_list_entry to list_del, which dereferences it. Cc: Himanshu Madhani <hmadhani@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Giridhar Malavali <gmalavali@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c index 221912da67c6..12a3e77e0d02 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c @@ -1580,11 +1580,10 @@ static void qlt_release(struct qla_tgt *tgt) struct qla_qpair_hint *h; struct qla_hw_data *ha = vha->hw; - if ((vha->vha_tgt.qla_tgt != NULL) && !tgt->tgt_stop && - !tgt->tgt_stopped) + if (!tgt->tgt_stop && !tgt->tgt_stopped) qlt_stop_phase1(tgt); - if ((vha->vha_tgt.qla_tgt != NULL) && !tgt->tgt_stopped) + if (!tgt->tgt_stopped) qlt_stop_phase2(tgt); for (i = 0; i < vha->hw->max_qpairs + 1; i++) { -- 2.22.0.770.g0f2c4a37fd-goog