We should only dereference "data" after we check if it is an error pointer. Fixes: 54187ff9d766 ('hwmon: (max31790) Convert to use new hwmon registration API') Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max31790.c b/drivers/hwmon/max31790.c index bef84e0..c1b9275 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/max31790.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/max31790.c @@ -268,11 +268,13 @@ static int max31790_read_pwm(struct device *dev, u32 attr, int channel, long *val) { struct max31790_data *data = max31790_update_device(dev); - u8 fan_config = data->fan_config[channel]; + u8 fan_config; if (IS_ERR(data)) return PTR_ERR(data); + fan_config = data->fan_config[channel]; + switch (attr) { case hwmon_pwm_input: *val = data->pwm[channel] >> 8; -- 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