The wilc_wfi_init_mon_int() forgets to clean up resource when register_netdevice() failed. Add the missed call to fix it. And the return value of netdev_priv can't be NULL, so remove the unnecessary error handling. Fixes: 588713006ea4 ("staging: wilc1000: avoid the use of 'wilc_wfi_mon' static variable") Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Huang Guobin <huangguobin4@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/mon.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/mon.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/mon.c index 358ac8601333..b5a1b65c087c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/mon.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/mon.c @@ -235,11 +235,10 @@ struct net_device *wilc_wfi_init_mon_interface(struct wilc *wl, if (register_netdevice(wl->monitor_dev)) { netdev_err(real_dev, "register_netdevice failed\n"); + free_netdev(wl->monitor_dev); return NULL; } priv = netdev_priv(wl->monitor_dev); - if (!priv) - return NULL; priv->real_ndev = real_dev; -- 2.25.1