Common pattern of handling deferred probe can be simplified with dev_err_probe(). Less code and the error value gets printed. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c b/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c index dcf50bb8dd69..f43ba69fbb3e 100644 --- a/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c +++ b/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c @@ -901,11 +901,8 @@ static int brcmstb_dpfe_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) } ret = brcmstb_dpfe_download_firmware(priv); - if (ret) { - if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER) - dev_err(dev, "Couldn't download firmware -- %d\n", ret); - return ret; - } + if (ret) + return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Couldn't download firmware\n"); ret = sysfs_create_groups(&pdev->dev.kobj, priv->dpfe_api->sysfs_attrs); if (!ret) -- 2.17.1