There's no need to check bDriverStopped and bSurpriseRemoved in issue_probereq_ex. The code path looks like issue_probereq_ex _issue_probereq dump_mgntframe or dump_mgntframe_and_wait_ack All paths from dump_mgntframe check the two variables. dump_mgntframe_and_wait_ack contains a check as well. 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 17803aca83c8..bfd6afd7266e 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c @@ -4496,9 +4496,6 @@ int issue_probereq_ex(struct adapter *padapter, struct ndis_802_11_ssid *pssid, i++; - if (padapter->bDriverStopped || padapter->bSurpriseRemoved) - break; - if (i < try_cnt && wait_ms > 0 && ret == _FAIL) msleep(wait_ms); -- 2.30.2