The "gmac->phy_mode" variable is an enum and in this context GCC will treat it as an unsigned int so the error handling will never be triggered. Fixes: b1c17215d718 ("stmmac: add ipq806x glue layer") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c index 2c6d7c69c8f7..0d21082ceb93 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static int ipq806x_gmac_of_parse(struct ipq806x_gmac *gmac) struct device *dev = &gmac->pdev->dev; gmac->phy_mode = of_get_phy_mode(dev->of_node); - if (gmac->phy_mode < 0) { + if ((int)gmac->phy_mode < 0) { dev_err(dev, "missing phy mode property\n"); return -EINVAL; } -- 2.20.1