Fail the usb interface initialization if dev_alloc_name returns an error. Other wlan drivers like natsemi or atmel use the same error handling. Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c index 5ca54dc36fa9..ee209b2fe4fe 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c @@ -387,8 +387,11 @@ static int rtw_usb_if1_init(struct usb_interface *pusb_intf) pr_debug("can't get autopm:\n"); /* alloc dev name after read efuse. */ - if (dev_alloc_name(pnetdev, padapter->registrypriv.ifname) < 0) + err = dev_alloc_name(pnetdev, padapter->registrypriv.ifname); + if (err < 0) { RT_TRACE(_module_os_intfs_c_, _drv_err_, ("dev_alloc_name, fail!\n")); + goto free_hal_data; + } netif_carrier_off(pnetdev); -- 2.20.1