From: Alaa Emad <alaaemadhossney.ae@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit c6d822c56e7fd29e6fa1b1bb91b98f6a1e942b3c ] The function sp8870_readreg returns a negative value when i2c_transfer fails so properly check for this and return the error if it happens. Cc: Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alaa Emad <alaaemadhossney.ae@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210503115736.2104747-60-gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/dvb-frontends/sp8870.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/sp8870.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/sp8870.c index 8d31cf3f4f07..3a577788041d 100644 --- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/sp8870.c +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/sp8870.c @@ -293,7 +293,9 @@ static int sp8870_set_frontend_parameters(struct dvb_frontend *fe) sp8870_writereg(state, 0xc05, reg0xc05); // read status reg in order to clear pending irqs - sp8870_readreg(state, 0x200); + err = sp8870_readreg(state, 0x200); + if (err < 0) + return err; // system controller start sp8870_microcontroller_start(state); -- 2.30.2