The q6asm_audio_client_alloc() doesn't return NULL, it returns error pointers. Fixes: 22930c79ac5c ("ASoC: qdsp6: q6asm-dai: Add support to compress offload") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c index 9d738b4c1e05..3407e51b8861 100644 --- a/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c +++ b/sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm-dai.c @@ -570,10 +570,11 @@ static int q6asm_dai_compr_open(struct snd_compr_stream *stream) prtd->audio_client = q6asm_audio_client_alloc(dev, (q6asm_cb)compress_event_handler, prtd, stream_id, LEGACY_PCM_MODE); - if (!prtd->audio_client) { + if (IS_ERR(prtd->audio_client)) { dev_err(dev, "Could not allocate memory\n"); + ret = PTR_ERR(prtd->audio_client); kfree(prtd); - return -ENOMEM; + return ret; } size = COMPR_PLAYBACK_MAX_FRAGMENT_SIZE * -- 2.17.1