--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c~vmalloc-remove-redundant-null-check +++ a/fs/proc/vmcore.c @@ -1503,11 +1503,8 @@ int vmcore_add_device_dump(struct vmcore return 0; out_err: - if (buf) - vfree(buf); - - if (dump) - vfree(dump); + vfree(buf); + vfree(dump); return ret; }