There's no need to check for bSurpriseRemoved and bDriverStopped in dump_mgmtframe. The sequence of function calls is dump_mgntframe rtl8188eu_mgnt_xmit rtw_dump_xframe loop over all fragments For each fragment, rtw_write_port is called. This function checks bSurpriseRemoved and bDriverStopped. Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c index 324757699716..17803aca83c8 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c @@ -3959,9 +3959,6 @@ void update_mgntframe_attrib(struct adapter *padapter, struct pkt_attrib *pattri void dump_mgntframe(struct adapter *padapter, struct xmit_frame *pmgntframe) { - if (padapter->bSurpriseRemoved || padapter->bDriverStopped) - return; - rtl8188eu_mgnt_xmit(padapter, pmgntframe); } -- 2.30.2