Instead of a if condition with a line split, use the usual error handling pattern with a separate variable to improve readability. No functional changes intended. Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nforce2.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nforce2.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nforce2.c index 777278386f58..38d203d93eee 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nforce2.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nforce2.c @@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ static int nforce2_probe_smb(struct pci_dev *dev, int bar, int alt_reg, /* Older incarnations of the device used non-standard BARs */ u16 iobase; - if (pci_read_config_word(dev, alt_reg, &iobase) - != PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL) { + error = pci_read_config_word(dev, alt_reg, &iobase); + if (error != PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL) { dev_err(&dev->dev, "Error reading PCI config for %s\n", name); return -EIO; -- 2.30.2