The "priv->if_mode" is type phy_interface_t which is an enum. In this context GCC will treat the enum as an unsigned int so this error handling is never triggered. Fixes: d4fd0404c1c9 ("enetc: Introduce basic PF and VF ENETC ethernet drivers") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c index 7d6513ff8507..b73421c3e25b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c @@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ static int enetc_of_get_phy(struct enetc_ndev_priv *priv) } priv->if_mode = of_get_phy_mode(np); - if (priv->if_mode < 0) { + if ((int)priv->if_mode < 0) { dev_err(priv->dev, "missing phy type\n"); of_node_put(priv->phy_node); if (of_phy_is_fixed_link(np)) -- 2.20.1