From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The comparison of the u16 priv->phy_addr < 0 is always false because phy_addr is unsigned. Fix this by assigning the return from the call to function asix_read_phy_addr to int ret and using this for the less than zero error check comparison. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unsigned compared against 0") Fixes: 7e88b11a862a ("net: usb: asix: refactor asix_read_phy_addr() and handle errors on return") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c index 2e2081346740..e24773bb9398 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c @@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ static int ax88172a_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf) goto free; } - priv->phy_addr = asix_read_phy_addr(dev, priv->use_embdphy); + ret = asix_read_phy_addr(dev, priv->use_embdphy); + priv->phy_addr = ret; if (priv->phy_addr < 0) { ret = priv->phy_addr; goto free; -- 2.31.1