None of the callers are expecting NULL returns from nfs_get_client() so this code will lead to an Oops. It's better to return an error pointer. I expect that this is dead code so hopefully no one is affected. Fixes: 31434f496abb ("nfs: check hostname in nfs_get_client") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/client.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c index cfeaadf56bf0..330f65727c45 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/client.c +++ b/fs/nfs/client.c @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ struct nfs_client *nfs_get_client(const struct nfs_client_initdata *cl_init) if (cl_init->hostname == NULL) { WARN_ON(1); - return NULL; + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); } /* see if the client already exists */ -- 2.30.2