static int btmrvl_send_frame(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-       struct btmrvl_private *priv = NULL;
+       struct btmrvl_private *priv = hci_get_drvdata(hdev);
 
        BT_DBG("type=%d, len=%d", skb->pkt_type, skb->len);
 
-       if (!hdev) {
-               BT_ERR("Frame for unknown HCI device");
-               return -ENODEV;
-       }
-
-       priv = hci_get_drvdata(hdev);
-
        if (!test_bit(HCI_RUNNING, &hdev->flags)) {
                BT_ERR("Failed testing HCI_RUNING, flags=%lx", hdev->flags);
                print_hex_dump_bytes("data: ", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,