'inq_result' is known to be NULL. There is no point calling kfree(). Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c index 58498da9869a..bd5633667d01 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c @@ -338,10 +338,8 @@ static int virtscsi_rescan_hotunplug(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi) int result, inquiry_len, inq_result_len = 256; char *inq_result = kmalloc(inq_result_len, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!inq_result) { - kfree(inq_result); + if (!inq_result) return -ENOMEM; - } shost_for_each_device(sdev, shost) { inquiry_len = sdev->inquiry_len ? sdev->inquiry_len : 36; -- 2.34.1