This is a simple removal of a duplicated check of the return of the filter function. There is a nested conditional checking exactly the same thing. Signed-off-by: Julio Faracco <jcfaracco(a)gmail.com&gt; --- src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c b/src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c index 97cf126f56..778cd1afc0 100644 --- a/src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c +++ b/src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c @@ -1288,8 +1288,7 @@ static virNetMessagePtr virNetServerClientDispatchRead(virNetServerClientPtr cli if (ret < 0) { virNetMessageFree(msg); msg = NULL; - if (ret < 0) - client->wantClose = true; + client->wantClose = true; break; } if (ret > 0) { -- 2.19.1