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. Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Liao Chang <liaochang1@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xlp9xx.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xlp9xx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xlp9xx.c index f59e8c544f36..08a59a920929 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xlp9xx.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xlp9xx.c @@ -529,10 +529,8 @@ static int xlp9xx_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) err = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, priv->irq, xlp9xx_i2c_isr, 0, pdev->name, priv); - if (err) { - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "IRQ request failed!\n"); - return err; - } + if (err) + return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, err, "IRQ request failed!\n"); init_completion(&priv->msg_complete); priv->adapter.dev.parent = &pdev->dev; -- 2.25.1