Common pattern of handling deferred probe can be simplified with dev_err_probe(). Less code and also it prints the error value. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/mfd/stmfx.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mfd/stmfx.c b/drivers/mfd/stmfx.c index 711979afd90a..5e680bfdf5c9 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/stmfx.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/stmfx.c @@ -331,11 +331,9 @@ static int stmfx_chip_init(struct i2c_client *client) ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(stmfx->vdd); if (ret == -ENODEV) { stmfx->vdd = NULL; - } else if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER) { - return ret; - } else if (ret) { - dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to get VDD regulator: %d\n", ret); - return ret; + } else { + return dev_err_probe(&client->dev, ret, + "Failed to get VDD regulator\n"); } if (stmfx->vdd) { -- 2.17.1