1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index fedb784e4..8c432942e 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static int run_pipe_real(struct pipe *pi)
         int i;
         int nextin, nextout;
         int pipefds[2];                         /* pipefds[0] is for reading */
-        struct child_prog *child = NULL;
+        struct child_prog *child;
         const struct built_in_command *x;
         char *p;
 
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ static int run_pipe_real(struct pipe *pi)
          * Builtins within pipes have to fork anyway, and are handled in
          * pseudo_exec.  "echo foo | read bar" doesn't work on bash, either.
          */
-        if (pi->num_progs == 1) child = & (pi->progs[0]);
+        child = & (pi->progs[0]);
         if (pi->num_progs == 1 && child->group && child->subshell == 0) {
                 int squirrel[] = {-1, -1, -1};
                 int rcode;