skb cannot be NULL here since its already being accessed before: sock_net(skb->sk). Remove the redundant null check.
Signed-off-by: Gaurav Singh <gaurav1...@gmail.com> --- net/dcb/dcbnl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c index d2a4553bcf39..84dde5a2066e 100644 --- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c +++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c @@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ static int dcb_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct net_device *netdev; struct dcbmsg *dcb = nlmsg_data(nlh); struct nlattr *tb[DCB_ATTR_MAX + 1]; - u32 portid = skb ? NETLINK_CB(skb).portid : 0; + u32 portid = NETLINK_CB(skb).portid; int ret = -EINVAL; struct sk_buff *reply_skb; struct nlmsghdr *reply_nlh = NULL; -- 2.17.1