watchdog: shorten watchdog_set_device()

diff --git a/src/shared/watchdog.c b/src/shared/watchdog.c
index ed2998f46cfeb94a9722976ab7c816579127b3c5..ba5a7e26dd21e3fb28482335885f6397e7eac630 100644 (file)
--- a/src/shared/watchdog.c
+++ b/src/shared/watchdog.c
@@ -156,9 +156,6 @@ int watchdog_set_device(const char *path) {
         int r;
 
         r = free_and_strdup(&watchdog_device, path);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
         if (r > 0) /* watchdog_device changed */
                 watchdog_fd = safe_close(watchdog_fd);