From 286e6f887128a8f9bb3addfb587d2e5b89ef892c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Donald Sharp <sharpd@nvidia.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 13:53:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] lib: Ensure SA that root cannot be NULL

Signed-off-by: Donald Sharp <sharpd@nvidia.com>
---
 lib/yang.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/yang.c b/lib/yang.c
index 6a8e5223a09c..6c1aed00cc7b 100644
--- a/lib/yang.c
+++ b/lib/yang.c
@@ -1398,8 +1398,10 @@ LY_ERR yang_lyd_trim_xpath(struct lyd_node **root, const char *xpath)
 		}
 	}
 	darr_foreach_i (remove, i) {
-		if (remove[i] == *root)
+		if (remove[i] == *root) {
+			assert(*root);
 			*root = (*root)->next;
+		}
 		lyd_free_tree(remove[i]);
 	}
 	darr_free(remove);