The "dwmac->phy_mode" is an enum and in this context GCC treats it as an unsigned int so the error handling is never triggered. Fixes: 566e82516253 ("net: stmmac: add a glue driver for the Amlogic Meson 8b / GXBB DWMAC") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c index 9cda29e4b89d..306da8f6b7d5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static int meson8b_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) dwmac->dev = &pdev->dev; dwmac->phy_mode = of_get_phy_mode(pdev->dev.of_node); - if (dwmac->phy_mode < 0) { + if ((int)dwmac->phy_mode < 0) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing phy-mode property\n"); ret = -EINVAL; goto err_remove_config_dt; -- 2.20.1