Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> If the NULL test on h is needed in snd_harmony_mixer_init, then the dereference should be after the NULL test. Actually, there is a sequence of calls: snd_harmony_create, then snd_harmony_pcm_init, and then snd_harmony_mixer_init. snd_harmony_create initializes h, but may indeed leave it as NULL. There was no NULL test at the beginning of …