[PATCH] mfd: viperboard: remove redundant NULL check before kfree()

From: mdshahid03

Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 07:07:15 EST


From: Mohammad Shahid <mdshahid03@xxxxxxxxx>

kfree() safely handles NULL pointers, so the explicit NULL check
before calling kfree() is unnecessary.

This issue was reported by ifnullfree.cocci.

Signed-off-by: Mohammad Shahid <mdshahid03@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mfd/viperboard.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c b/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c
index 888737b8e7be..36be8e69f45c 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/viperboard.c
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ static int vprbrd_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
return 0;

error:
- if (vb)
- kfree(vb);
+ kfree(vb);

return ret;
}
--
2.43.0