The "priv->phy_interface" variable is an enum and in this context GCC will treat it as an unsigned int so the error handling is never triggered. Fixes: 533dd11a12f6 ("net: socionext: Add Synquacer NetSec driver") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c index 1502fe8b0456..55db7fbd43cc 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c @@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ static int netsec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) NETIF_MSG_LINK | NETIF_MSG_PROBE; priv->phy_interface = device_get_phy_mode(&pdev->dev); - if (priv->phy_interface < 0) { + if ((int)priv->phy_interface < 0) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing required property 'phy-mode'\n"); ret = -ENODEV; goto free_ndev; -- 2.20.1