Handle initialization is guarded by 'in_table' boolean, so there can't be a handle already (because the branch which unsets 'in_table' also frees the handle). Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx> --- iptables/iptables-restore.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/iptables/iptables-restore.c b/iptables/iptables-restore.c index f11b2dc2fd316..530297383d50b 100644 --- a/iptables/iptables-restore.c +++ b/iptables/iptables-restore.c @@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ ip46tables_restore_main(const struct iptables_restore_cb *cb, } continue; } - if (handle) - cb->ops->free(handle); handle = create_handle(cb, table); if (noflush == 0) { -- 2.40.0