diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0ad1c332..70f113f2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-01-12  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	build: avoid warning from coverity about lbitset_elt_find
+	* lib/lbitset.c (lbitset_elt_find): Remove unnecessary test of "elt",
+	at a point where we know it is non-NULL, due to prior dereference.
+
 2012-01-13  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
 	maint: get fdl.texi from gnulib
diff --git a/lib/lbitset.c b/lib/lbitset.c
index 261374c7..ef7e216d 100644
--- a/lib/lbitset.c
+++ b/lib/lbitset.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* Functions to support link list bitsets.
 
-   Copyright (C) 2002-2004, 2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation,
-   Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2002-2004, 2006, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    Contributed by Michael Hayes (m.hayes@elec.canterbury.ac.nz).
 
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ lbitset_elt_find (bitset bset, bitset_windex windex,
 
       /* ELT is the nearest to the one we want.  If it's not the one
          we want, the one we want does not exist.  */
-      if (elt && (windex - elt->index) < LBITSET_ELT_WORDS)
+      if (windex - elt->index < LBITSET_ELT_WORDS)
         {
           bset->b.cindex = elt->index;
           bset->b.csize = LBITSET_ELT_WORDS;