From: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> drivers/net/wwan/mhi_wwan_ctrl.c:239:5-11: inconsistent IS_ERR and PTR_ERR on line 241. PTR_ERR should access the value just tested by IS_ERR Semantic patch information: There can be false positives in the patch case, where it is the call to IS_ERR that is wrong. Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/tests/odd_ptr_err.cocci CC: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> --- url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Loic-Poulain/net-Add-a-WWAN-subsystem/20210405-174547 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git 7d42e84eb99daf9b7feef37e8f2ea1eaf975346b mhi_wwan_ctrl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/wwan/mhi_wwan_ctrl.c +++ b/drivers/net/wwan/mhi_wwan_ctrl.c @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static int mhi_wwan_ctrl_probe(struct mh &wwan_pops, mhiwwan); if (IS_ERR(mhiwwan->wwan_port)) { kfree(mhiwwan); - return PTR_ERR(port); + return PTR_ERR(mhiwwan->wwan_port); } mhiwwan->wwan_port = port;