"max77843->i2c_chg" is NULL, not an error pointer. Let's return -ENODEV instead. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max77843.c b/drivers/mfd/max77843.c index a354ac6..1074a0d 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/max77843.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/max77843.c @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int max77843_chg_init(struct max77843 *max77843) if (!max77843->i2c_chg) { dev_err(&max77843->i2c->dev, "Cannot allocate I2C device for Charger\n"); - return PTR_ERR(max77843->i2c_chg); + return -ENODEV; } i2c_set_clientdata(max77843->i2c_chg, max77843); -- 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