diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 594b5123f..a028ad5fa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 	* hw/xfree86/loader/loadmod.c:
 	Coverity #1053: Nuke a dead variable.
 
+	* miext/cw/cw.c:
+	Coverity #337: Remove useless NULL check.
+
 2006-03-15  Benjamin Herrenschmidt  <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
 
 	* hw/xfree86/dri/dri.c: (DRIExtensionInit):
diff --git a/miext/cw/cw.c b/miext/cw/cw.c
index 9c2ea9677..f60f8cf28 100644
--- a/miext/cw/cw.c
+++ b/miext/cw/cw.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ cwPaintWindowBackground(WindowPtr pWin, RegionPtr pRegion, int what)
 	DrawablePtr pBackingDrawable;
 	int x_off, y_off, x_screen, y_screen;
 
-	while (pWin && pWin->backgroundState == ParentRelative)
+	while (pWin->backgroundState == ParentRelative)
 	    pWin = pWin->parent;
 
 	pBackingDrawable = cwGetBackingDrawable((DrawablePtr)pWin, &x_off,