Returning an error code from .remove() makes the driver core emit the little helpful error message: remove callback returned a non-zero value. This will be ignored. and then remove the device anyhow. So replace the error return (and with it the little helpful error message) by a more useful error message. Fixes: 31815c08fc90 ("serial: sccnxp: Replace pdata.init/exit with regulator API") Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/sccnxp.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sccnxp.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sccnxp.c index 2be2c1098025..8269b0fb3083 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/sccnxp.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sccnxp.c @@ -1036,8 +1036,11 @@ static int sccnxp_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) uart_unregister_driver(&s->uart); - if (!IS_ERR(s->regulator)) - return regulator_disable(s->regulator); + if (!IS_ERR(s->regulator)) { + int ret = regulator_disable(s->regulator); + if (ret) + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to disable regulator\n"); + } return 0; } -- 2.42.0