Use the dev_err_probe function instead of dev_err in the probe function so that the printed messge includes the return value and also handles -EPROBE_DEFER nicely. Signed-off-by: Liao Chang <liaochang1@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c index c3287c887c6f..9021b8064ae4 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c @@ -569,10 +569,8 @@ static int lpi2c_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) sizeof(lpi2c_imx->adapter.name)); ret = devm_clk_bulk_get_all(&pdev->dev, &lpi2c_imx->clks); - if (ret < 0) { - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can't get I2C peripheral clock, ret=%d\n", ret); - return ret; - } + if (ret < 0) + return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "can't get I2C peripheral clock\n"); lpi2c_imx->num_clks = ret; ret = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, -- 2.25.1