The function gpib_register_driver() can fail and result in a semi-registered module and does not return an error value if it fails. Unregister the pci registering function in case gpib_register_driver() fails and return the error value. Signed-off-by: Nihar Chaithanya <niharchaithanya@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/gpib/cec/cec_gpib.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/gpib/cec/cec_gpib.c b/drivers/staging/gpib/cec/cec_gpib.c index 3dc933deb401..ffa366c30ac5 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/gpib/cec/cec_gpib.c +++ b/drivers/staging/gpib/cec/cec_gpib.c @@ -361,17 +361,17 @@ static struct pci_driver cec_pci_driver = { static int __init cec_init_module(void) { - int result; + int result = 0; result = pci_register_driver(&cec_pci_driver); - if (result) { - pr_err("cec_gpib: pci_driver_register failed!\n"); + if (result) return result; - } - gpib_register_driver(&cec_pci_interface, THIS_MODULE); + result = gpib_register_driver(&cec_pci_interface, THIS_MODULE); + if (result) + pci_unregister_driver(&cec_pci_driver); - return 0; + return result; } static void cec_exit_module(void) -- 2.34.1