In case the probe of the clock is deferred, we would assume it is optional. This is wrong, so defer the probe of this driver until the clock is available. Fixes: 791af4f4907a ("hwrng: bcm2835 - Manage an optional clock") Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c index 7a84cec..6767d96 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c @@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ static int bcm2835_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) /* Clock is optional on most platforms */ priv->clk = devm_clk_get(dev, NULL); + if (IS_ERR(priv->clk) && PTR_ERR(priv->clk) == -EPROBE_DEFER) + return -EPROBE_DEFER; priv->rng.name = pdev->name; priv->rng.init = bcm2835_rng_init; -- 2.7.4