Checking for NULL is not enough as serial_base_ctrl_add() uses ERR_PTR(). Fixes: 84a9582fd203 ("serial: core: Start managing serial controllers to enable runtime PM") Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c @@ -3342,7 +3342,7 @@ int serial_core_register_port(struct uart_driver *drv, struct uart_port *port) ctrl_dev = serial_core_ctrl_find(drv, port->dev, port->ctrl_id); if (!ctrl_dev) { new_ctrl_dev = serial_core_ctrl_device_add(port); - if (!new_ctrl_dev) { + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(new_ctrl_dev)) { ret = -ENODEV; goto err_unlock; } -- 2.41.0