diff --git a/lib/bug.c b/lib/bug.c
index 8f9d537bfb2a59494a16b0a2dd1834618186c32e..b92da1f6e21b240fe6e609ff3dfc7b1b90b92b2c 100644
--- a/lib/bug.c
+++ b/lib/bug.c
@@ -155,30 +155,27 @@ enum bug_trap_type report_bug(unsigned long bugaddr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	file = NULL;
 	line = 0;
-	warning = 0;
 
-	if (bug) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
 #ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS
-		file = bug->file;
+	file = bug->file;
 #else
-		file = (const char *)bug + bug->file_disp;
+	file = (const char *)bug + bug->file_disp;
 #endif
-		line = bug->line;
+	line = bug->line;
 #endif
-		warning = (bug->flags & BUGFLAG_WARNING) != 0;
-		once = (bug->flags & BUGFLAG_ONCE) != 0;
-		done = (bug->flags & BUGFLAG_DONE) != 0;
-
-		if (warning && once) {
-			if (done)
-				return BUG_TRAP_TYPE_WARN;
-
-			/*
-			 * Since this is the only store, concurrency is not an issue.
-			 */
-			bug->flags |= BUGFLAG_DONE;
-		}
+	warning = (bug->flags & BUGFLAG_WARNING) != 0;
+	once = (bug->flags & BUGFLAG_ONCE) != 0;
+	done = (bug->flags & BUGFLAG_DONE) != 0;
+
+	if (warning && once) {
+		if (done)
+			return BUG_TRAP_TYPE_WARN;
+
+		/*
+		 * Since this is the only store, concurrency is not an issue.
+		 */
+		bug->flags |= BUGFLAG_DONE;
 	}
 
 	/*