Because kfree_skb already checked NULL skb parameter, so the additional check is unnecessary, just remove it. Signed-off-by: Xu Wang <vulab(a)iscas.ac.cn&gt; --- kernel/audit.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 7efaece534a9..144e1e9322a5 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -934,8 +934,7 @@ static void audit_free_reply(struct audit_reply *reply) if (!reply) return; - if (reply->skb) - kfree_skb(reply->skb); + kfree_skb(reply->skb); if (reply->net) put_net(reply->net); kfree(reply); -- 2.17.1