In the function at one place we check if def->cpu is NULL prior to accessing def->cpu->ncells. Then, later in the code, def->cpu->ncells is accessed directly, without the check. This makes coverity unhappy, because the first check makes it think def->cpu can be NULL. However, the function is not called if def->cpu is NULL. Therefore, remove the first check and hopefully make coverity cheer again. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn(a)redhat.com&gt; --- src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c index d470b1b..65864d2 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c @@ -6594,7 +6594,7 @@ qemuBuildNumaArgStr(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg, continue; } - if (def->cpu && def->cpu->ncells) { + if (def->cpu->ncells) { /* Fortunately, we allow only guest NUMA nodes to be continuous * starting from zero. */ pos = def->cpu->ncells - 1; -- 1.8.5.5