The crypto_alloc_shash() function doesn't return NULL, it returns error pointers. Update the check accordingly. Fixes: 02fe26f25325 ("firmware_loader: Add debug message with checksum for FW file") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c index 9d79d5ad9102..b58c42f1b1ce 100644 --- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c @@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ static void fw_log_firmware_info(const struct firmware *fw, const char *name, st char *outbuf; alg = crypto_alloc_shash("sha256", 0, 0); - if (!alg) + if (IS_ERR(alg)) return; sha256buf = kmalloc(SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL); -- 2.39.2