The function performs a check on the "phy" input parameter, however, it is used before the check. Initialize the "dev" variable after the sanity check to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference. Fixes: 5c8290284402b ("drm/msm/dsi: Split PHY drivers to separate files") Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1493860 ("Null pointer dereference") Signed-off-by: José Expósito <jose.exposito89@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/phy/dsi_phy.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/phy/dsi_phy.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/phy/dsi_phy.c index 9842e04b5858..baa6af0c3bcc 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/phy/dsi_phy.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/phy/dsi_phy.c @@ -808,12 +808,14 @@ int msm_dsi_phy_enable(struct msm_dsi_phy *phy, struct msm_dsi_phy_clk_request *clk_req, struct msm_dsi_phy_shared_timings *shared_timings) { - struct device *dev = &phy->pdev->dev; + struct device *dev; int ret; if (!phy || !phy->cfg->ops.enable) return -EINVAL; + dev = &phy->pdev->dev; + ret = dsi_phy_enable_resource(phy); if (ret) { DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev, "%s: resource enable failed, %d\n", -- 2.25.1