The "priv->phy_interface" variable is an enum and in this context GCC will treat it as unsigned so the error handling will never be triggered. Fixes: 80105befdb4b ("net: systemport: add Broadcom SYSTEMPORT Ethernet MAC driver") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c index 7df887e4024c..a977a459bd20 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcmsysport.c @@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ static int bcm_sysport_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) priv->phy_interface = of_get_phy_mode(dn); /* Default to GMII interface mode */ - if (priv->phy_interface < 0) + if ((int)priv->phy_interface < 0) priv->phy_interface = PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_GMII; /* In the case of a fixed PHY, the DT node associated -- 2.20.1