'rv' is of type unsigned int, which can never be less than zero. rv = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(cs35l56->dev); if (rv < 0) { // can never be true. ... } As pm_runtime_resume_and_get returns integers, change the type of 'rv' to int to fix this. This is found by static analysis with smatch. Fixes: e49611252900 ("ASoC: cs35l56: Add driver for Cirrus Logic CS35L56") Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Only compile tested. --- sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c b/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c index 90fc79b5666d..b3772005668a 100644 --- a/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c +++ b/sound/soc/codecs/cs35l56.c @@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ irqreturn_t cs35l56_irq(int irq, void *data) struct cs35l56_private *cs35l56 = data; unsigned int status1 = 0, status8 = 0, status20 = 0; unsigned int mask1, mask8, mask20; - unsigned int rv, val; + unsigned int val; + int rv; irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE; if (!cs35l56->init_done) -- 2.38.1