Inspect the return value of register_netdev() in the driver probe routine and return -ENODEV in case of error. Signed-off-by: Kumar Amit Mehta <gmate.amit@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c index 81134d3..f68df24 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c @@ -2955,7 +2955,8 @@ static int __devinit rtl8192_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, netif_carrier_off(dev); netif_stop_queue(dev); - register_netdev(dev); + if (register_netdev(dev)) + goto err_free_irq; RT_TRACE(COMP_INIT, "dev name: %s\n", dev->name); rtl8192_proc_init_one(dev); -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html