The if statement performs the same action if the strcmp result is true or false since there is identical code on both branches. The if statement is redundant and can be replaced with just one call to sysfs_remove_group. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- .../platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c index 35936c05e45b..187b372123ed 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c @@ -531,14 +531,9 @@ void hp_exit_password_attributes(void) struct kobject *attr_name_kobj = bioscfg_drv.password_data[instance_id].attr_name_kobj; - if (attr_name_kobj) { - if (!strcmp(attr_name_kobj->name, SETUP_PASSWD)) - sysfs_remove_group(attr_name_kobj, - &password_attr_group); - else - sysfs_remove_group(attr_name_kobj, - &password_attr_group); - } + if (attr_name_kobj) + sysfs_remove_group(attr_name_kobj, + &password_attr_group); } bioscfg_drv.password_instances_count = 0; kfree(bioscfg_drv.password_data); -- 2.39.5