1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
index c5f95d1e0315..7e8a136b025b 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
@@ -434,7 +434,9 @@ static void hp_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
 
         obj = (union acpi_object *)response.pointer;
 
-        if (obj || obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) {
+        if (!obj)
+                return;
+        if (obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) {
                 printk(KERN_INFO "hp-wmi: Unknown response received %d\n",
                        obj->type);
                 kfree(obj);