This is a callback registered to inet address notifier chain.
The check is useless as:
- ifa is always != NULL
- similar checks are abscent in all other notifiers.

Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 drivers/net/via-velocity.c |   22 ++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index cc0addb..c50fdee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -3460,21 +3460,19 @@ static int velocity_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 static int velocity_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long 
notification, void *ptr)
 {
        struct in_ifaddr *ifa = (struct in_ifaddr *) ptr;
+       struct net_device *dev = ifa->ifa_dev->dev;
+       struct velocity_info *vptr;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
-       if (ifa) {
-               struct net_device *dev = ifa->ifa_dev->dev;
-               struct velocity_info *vptr;
-               unsigned long flags;
-
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&velocity_dev_list_lock, flags);
-               list_for_each_entry(vptr, &velocity_dev_list, list) {
-                       if (vptr->dev == dev) {
-                               velocity_get_ip(vptr);
-                               break;
-                       }
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&velocity_dev_list_lock, flags);
+       list_for_each_entry(vptr, &velocity_dev_list, list) {
+               if (vptr->dev == dev) {
+                       velocity_get_ip(vptr);
+                       break;
                }
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&velocity_dev_list_lock, flags);
        }
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&velocity_dev_list_lock, flags);
+
        return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
-- 
1.5.3.rc5

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