This patch adds check if pdata is NULL, to avoid NULL pointer dereference when platform data is not available. After this changes, in described situation driver will be configured with default values. Signed-off-by: Robert Baldyga <r.baldyga@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c index c071588..d7d12e9 100644 --- a/drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c +++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon-max8997.c @@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static int max8997_muic_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) goto err_irq; } - if (pdata->muic_pdata) { + if (pdata && pdata->muic_pdata) { struct max8997_muic_platform_data *muic_pdata = pdata->muic_pdata; -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html