We need to set "err" on this error path. Fixes: 187ac53e590c ("staging: vchiq_arm: rework probe and init functions") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- .../staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c index 804daf83be35..064d0db4c51e 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c @@ -3513,6 +3513,7 @@ static int vchiq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) struct device_node *fw_node; const struct of_device_id *of_id; struct vchiq_drvdata *drvdata; + struct device *vchiq_dev; int err; of_id = of_match_node(vchiq_of_match, pdev->dev.of_node); @@ -3547,9 +3548,12 @@ static int vchiq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) goto failed_platform_init; } - if (IS_ERR(device_create(vchiq_class, &pdev->dev, vchiq_devid, - NULL, "vchiq"))) + vchiq_dev = device_create(vchiq_class, &pdev->dev, vchiq_devid, NULL, + "vchiq"); + if (IS_ERR(vchiq_dev)) { + err = PTR_ERR(vchiq_dev); goto failed_device_create; + } vchiq_debugfs_init(); -- 2.17.1