From: Xiang Yang <xiangyang3@xxxxxxxxxx> Smatch reports the warning below: drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_hdmi.c:1864 hdmi_bind() error: 'crtc' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR() The return value of exynos_drm_crtc_get_by_type maybe ERR_PTR(-ENODEV), which can not be used directly. Fix this by checking the return value before using it. Signed-off-by: Xiang Yang <xiangyang3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_hdmi.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_hdmi.c index f3aaa4ea3e68..dd9903eab563 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_hdmi.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_hdmi.c @@ -1861,6 +1861,8 @@ static int hdmi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data) return ret; crtc = exynos_drm_crtc_get_by_type(drm_dev, EXYNOS_DISPLAY_TYPE_HDMI); + if (IS_ERR(crtc)) + return PTR_ERR(crtc); crtc->pipe_clk = &hdata->phy_clk; ret = hdmi_create_connector(encoder); -- 2.34.1