In case of error, the function debugfs_create_file() returns ERR_PTR() and never returns NULL. The NULL test in the return value check should be replaced with IS_ERR(). Fixes: 52fed10ad756 ("media: aspeed: add debugfs") Signed-off-by: Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: - change return error code from ERR_PTR to PTR_ERR. drivers/media/platform/aspeed/aspeed-video.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/aspeed/aspeed-video.c b/drivers/media/platform/aspeed/aspeed-video.c index 20f795ccc11b..0113e6bc836f 100644 --- a/drivers/media/platform/aspeed/aspeed-video.c +++ b/drivers/media/platform/aspeed/aspeed-video.c @@ -1780,10 +1780,12 @@ static int aspeed_video_debugfs_create(struct aspeed_video *video) debugfs_entry = debugfs_create_file(DEVICE_NAME, 0444, NULL, video, &aspeed_video_debugfs_ops); - if (!debugfs_entry) + if (IS_ERR(debugfs_entry)) { aspeed_video_debugfs_remove(video); + return PTR_ERR(debugfs_entry); + } - return !debugfs_entry ? -EIO : 0; + return 0; } #else static void aspeed_video_debugfs_remove(struct aspeed_video *video) { } -- 2.17.1