From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The comparison of the u16 priv->phy_addr < 0 is always false because phy_addr is unsigned. Fix this by assigning the return from the call to function asix_read_phy_addr to int ret and using this for the less than zero error check comparison. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unsigned compared against 0") Fixes: e532a096be0e ("net: usb: asix: ax88772: add phylib support") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c index 57dafb3262d9..211c5a87eb15 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c @@ -704,9 +704,10 @@ static int ax88772_init_phy(struct usbnet *dev) struct asix_common_private *priv = dev->driver_priv; int ret; - priv->phy_addr = asix_read_phy_addr(dev, true); - if (priv->phy_addr < 0) + ret = asix_read_phy_addr(dev, true); + if (ret < 0) return priv->phy_addr; + priv->phy_addr = ret; snprintf(priv->phy_name, sizeof(priv->phy_name), PHY_ID_FMT, priv->mdio->id, priv->phy_addr); -- 2.31.1