There is no case in which the variable cmd_node->cmd_skb has no ->data, and thus the variable host_cmd is guaranteed to be not NULL. Therefore, the null-pointer check is redundant and can be dropped. Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <islituo@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c index 3a11342a6bde..171a25742600 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cmdevt.c @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static int mwifiex_dnld_cmd_to_fw(struct mwifiex_private *priv, host_cmd = (struct host_cmd_ds_command *) (cmd_node->cmd_skb->data); /* Sanity test */ - if (host_cmd == NULL || host_cmd->size == 0) { + if (host_cmd->size == 0) { mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR, "DNLD_CMD: host_cmd is null\t" "or cmd size is 0, not sending\n"); -- 2.25.1