--- drivers/staging/rtl8192su/r8192S_firmware.c

+++ drivers/staging/rtl8192su/r8192S_firmware.c

@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@ bool FirmwareDownloadCode(struct net_dev

/* Allocate skb buffer to contain firmware info and tx descriptor info. */

skb = dev_alloc_skb(frag_length);

- if (skb == NULL) {

- RT_TRACE(COMP_ERR, "(%s): unable to alloc skb buffer\n",

- __func__);

- goto cmdsend_downloadcode_fail;

- }

memcpy((unsigned char *)(skb->cb),&dev,sizeof(dev));

tcb_desc = (cb_desc*)(skb->cb + MAX_DEV_ADDR_SIZE);