Common pattern of handling deferred probe can be simplified with dev_err_probe(). Less code and also it prints the error value. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/iio/multiplexer/iio-mux.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/iio/multiplexer/iio-mux.c b/drivers/iio/multiplexer/iio-mux.c index 6910218fdb00..d219d4a86657 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/multiplexer/iio-mux.c +++ b/drivers/iio/multiplexer/iio-mux.c @@ -354,11 +354,8 @@ static int mux_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return -ENODEV; parent = devm_iio_channel_get(dev, "parent"); - if (IS_ERR(parent)) { - if (PTR_ERR(parent) != -EPROBE_DEFER) - dev_err(dev, "failed to get parent channel\n"); - return PTR_ERR(parent); - } + if (IS_ERR(parent)) + return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(parent), "failed to get parent channel\n"); sizeof_ext_info = iio_get_channel_ext_info_count(parent); if (sizeof_ext_info) { -- 2.17.1