A logical evaluation of type (!A || A && B) can be simplified as (!A || B). Improvement by suggested by excluded_middle.cocci Coccinelel semantic patch. Signed-off-by: Deepak R Varma <drv@xxxxxxxxx> --- Please note: Change is compile tested only. Changes in v2: - Correct the if evaluation from (A && B) to (!A || B). Feedback from Lee Duncan <lduncan@xxxxxxxx> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c index 548f22705ddc..4f104fbfe55d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c @@ -1028,8 +1028,7 @@ void qlt_free_session_done(struct work_struct *work) } if (ha->flags.edif_enabled && - (!own || (own && - own->iocb.u.isp24.status_subcode == ELS_PLOGI))) { + (!own || own->iocb.u.isp24.status_subcode == ELS_PLOGI)) { sess->edif.authok = 0; if (!ha->flags.host_shutting_down) { ql_dbg(ql_dbg_edif, vha, 0x911e, -- 2.34.1