If mixer_handle is not NULL, then hctl_handle won't be NULL either. The redundant check was confusing, because it looked like we would leak the mixer_handle if mixer_handle is non-NULL and hctl_handle is NULL. --- src/modules/alsa/alsa-mixer.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/modules/alsa/alsa-mixer.c b/src/modules/alsa/alsa-mixer.c index b6e2fd8..3e511a9 100644 --- a/src/modules/alsa/alsa-mixer.c +++ b/src/modules/alsa/alsa-mixer.c @@ -3821,8 +3821,8 @@ static void mapping_paths_probe(pa_alsa_mapping *m, pa_alsa_profile *profile, pa_assert(pcm_handle); mixer_handle = pa_alsa_open_mixer_for_pcm(pcm_handle, NULL, &hctl_handle); - if (!mixer_handle || !hctl_handle) { - /* Cannot open mixer, remove all entries */ + if (!mixer_handle) { + /* Cannot open mixer, remove all entries */ pa_hashmap_remove_all(ps->paths); return; } -- 1.8.3.1