Instead of silently giving up, at least tell what the problem is. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c index 2d1f350a4bea..94aa3dddb71e 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c @@ -597,7 +597,8 @@ static int dw8250_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (data->clk == NULL) data->clk = devm_clk_get_optional_enabled(dev, NULL); if (IS_ERR(data->clk)) - return PTR_ERR(data->clk); + return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(data->clk), + "failed to get baudclk\n"); INIT_WORK(&data->clk_work, dw8250_clk_work_cb); data->clk_notifier.notifier_call = dw8250_clk_notifier_cb; -- 2.43.0