{
        for (; k < sp->len; k++) {
                if (sp->xvec[k]->props.mode != XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT) {
-                       if (idxp)
-                               *idxp = k;
+                       *idxp = k;
                        return 1;
                }
        }
        struct flowi fl;
        u8 fl_dir = policy_to_flow_dir(dir);
        int xerr_idx = -1;
-       int *xerr_idxp = &xerr_idx;
 
        if (xfrm_decode_session(skb, &fl, family) < 0)
                return 0;
                                        xfrm_policy_lookup);
 
        if (!pol) {
-               if (skb->sp && secpath_has_nontransport(skb->sp, 0, xerr_idxp)) {
+               if (skb->sp && secpath_has_nontransport(skb->sp, 0, &xerr_idx)) {
                        xfrm_secpath_reject(xerr_idx, skb, &fl);
                        return 0;
                }
                for (i = xfrm_nr-1, k = 0; i >= 0; i--) {
                        k = xfrm_policy_ok(tpp[i], sp, k, family);
                        if (k < 0) {
-                               if (k < -1 && xerr_idxp)
-                                       *xerr_idxp = -(2+k);
+                               if (k < -1)
+                                       /* "-2 - errored_index" returned */
+                                       xerr_idx = -(2+k);
                                goto reject;
                        }
                }
 
-               if (secpath_has_nontransport(sp, k, xerr_idxp))
+               if (secpath_has_nontransport(sp, k, &xerr_idx))
                        goto reject;
 
                xfrm_pols_put(pols, npols);