This is harmless but if lp3971_i2c_read() fails then "tmp" can be uninitialized. Silence the warning by moving the error handling up a line. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/regulator/lp3971.c b/drivers/regulator/lp3971.c index 15c25c6..204b5c5 100644 --- a/drivers/regulator/lp3971.c +++ b/drivers/regulator/lp3971.c @@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ static int lp3971_set_bits(struct lp3971 *lp3971, u8 reg, u16 mask, u16 val) mutex_lock(&lp3971->io_lock); ret = lp3971_i2c_read(lp3971->i2c, reg, 1, &tmp); - tmp = (tmp & ~mask) | val; if (ret == 0) { + tmp = (tmp & ~mask) | val; ret = lp3971_i2c_write(lp3971->i2c, reg, 1, &tmp); dev_dbg(lp3971->dev, "reg write 0x%02x -> 0x%02x\n", (int)reg, (unsigned)val&0xff); -- 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