The "actual_length" variable might be uninitialized on some failure paths. It's harmless but static analysis tools like Smatch complain and at runtime the UBSan tool will likely complain as well. Fixes: e7542bc382f8 ("USB: serial: ir-usb: make set_termios synchronous") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/serial/ir-usb.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ir-usb.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ir-usb.c index 79d0586e2b33..172261a908d8 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/ir-usb.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ir-usb.c @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ static void ir_set_termios(struct tty_struct *tty, usb_sndbulkpipe(udev, port->bulk_out_endpointAddress), transfer_buffer, 1, &actual_length, 5000); if (ret || actual_length != 1) { - if (actual_length != 1) + if (!ret) ret = -EIO; dev_err(&port->dev, "failed to change line speed: %d\n", ret); } -- 2.11.0