It is possible that dma_request_chan will return EPROBE_DEFER, which means that dma->xdev->dev is not ready yet. In this case, dev_err(dma->xdev->dev), there will be no output. This patch fixes the bug. Signed-off-by: Wang Ming <machel@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.c b/drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.c index 80d6f5b072ea..16ad39bef6c6 100644 --- a/drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.c +++ b/drivers/media/platform/xilinx/xilinx-dma.c @@ -708,9 +708,8 @@ int xvip_dma_init(struct xvip_composite_device *xdev, struct xvip_dma *dma, snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "port%u", port); dma->dma = dma_request_chan(dma->xdev->dev, name); if (IS_ERR(dma->dma)) { - ret = PTR_ERR(dma->dma); - if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER) - dev_err(dma->xdev->dev, "no VDMA channel found\n"); + ret = dev_err_probe(dma->xdev->dev, PTR_ERR(dma->dma), + "no VDMA channel found\n"); goto error; } -- 2.25.1