The packet pointer is assigned first. It does not need to initialize the assignment. Signed-off-by: Li zeming <zeming@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c index f6ee7f4040c1..714605746fee 100644 --- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c +++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c @@ -3781,7 +3781,7 @@ static enum sctp_disposition sctp_sf_shut_8_4_5( void *arg, struct sctp_cmd_seq *commands) { - struct sctp_packet *packet = NULL; + struct sctp_packet *packet; struct sctp_chunk *chunk = arg; struct sctp_chunk *shut; -- 2.18.2