If hvcs_probe() succeeded dev_set_drvdata() is called with a non-NULL value, and if hvcs_probe() failed hvcs_remove() isn't called. So there is no way dev_get_drvdata() can return NULL in hvcs_remove() and the check can just go away. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c index 509d1042825a..3e0461285c34 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c +++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c @@ -825,9 +825,6 @@ static int hvcs_remove(struct vio_dev *dev) unsigned long flags; struct tty_struct *tty; - if (!hvcsd) - return -ENODEV; - /* By this time the vty-server won't be getting any more interrupts */ spin_lock_irqsave(&hvcsd->lock, flags); -- 2.29.2