PTR_ERR(NULL) yields 0 which is commonly used to denote success. This is the case here, and PTR_ERR(NULL) is apparently shunned upon. Fix this by explicitly returning 0 if fwnode == NULL. Reported-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- since v1: - Fix rebase mess. drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c index dea8917fd912..a46b713a7fbf 100644 --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c @@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ v4l2_fwnode_reference_parse_int_props(struct device *dev, } } - return PTR_ERR(fwnode) == -ENOENT ? 0 : PTR_ERR(fwnode); + return !fwnode || PTR_ERR(fwnode) == -ENOENT ? 0 : PTR_ERR(fwnode); error: fwnode_handle_put(fwnode); -- 2.11.0