Preserve the error code stored in "dev->kthread_cec" before setting it to NULL. Fixes: 439e520995ab ("media: vivid: add signal-free time for cec message xfer") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c index bcf03bea1e3c..04b75666bad4 100644 --- a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c +++ b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c @@ -1934,9 +1934,9 @@ static int vivid_create_instance(struct platform_device *pdev, int inst) dev->kthread_cec = kthread_run(vivid_cec_bus_thread, dev, "vivid_cec-%s", dev->v4l2_dev.name); if (IS_ERR(dev->kthread_cec)) { + ret = PTR_ERR(dev->kthread_cec); dev->kthread_cec = NULL; v4l2_err(&dev->v4l2_dev, "kernel_thread() failed\n"); - ret = PTR_ERR(dev->kthread_cec); goto unreg_dev; } } -- 2.20.1