If during probe fsl_lbc_ctrl_dev is NULL that might just be because the fsl_lbc driver didn't bind yet. So return -EPROBE_DEFER in this case to make the driver core retry probing later. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsl_elbc_nand.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsl_elbc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsl_elbc_nand.c index 1e3a80f06f33..df6a0d5c86bb 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsl_elbc_nand.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/fsl_elbc_nand.c @@ -869,7 +869,8 @@ static int fsl_elbc_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) struct mtd_info *mtd; if (!fsl_lbc_ctrl_dev || !fsl_lbc_ctrl_dev->regs) - return -ENODEV; + return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -EPROBE_DEFER, "lbc_ctrl_dev missing\n"); + lbc = fsl_lbc_ctrl_dev->regs; dev = fsl_lbc_ctrl_dev->dev; -- 2.43.0