The "priv->hw_type" is an enum and in this context GCC will treat it as an unsigned int so the error handling will never trigger. Fixes: a910e4a94f69 ("cw1200: add driver for the ST-E CW1100 & CW1200 WLAN chipsets") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: better style and preserve the error code. drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/fwio.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/fwio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/fwio.c index 6574e78e05ea..2a03dc533b6a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/fwio.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/fwio.c @@ -320,12 +320,12 @@ int cw1200_load_firmware(struct cw1200_common *priv) goto out; } - priv->hw_type = cw1200_get_hw_type(val32, &major_revision); - if (priv->hw_type < 0) { + ret = cw1200_get_hw_type(val32, &major_revision); + if (ret < 0) { pr_err("Can't deduce hardware type.\n"); - ret = -ENOTSUPP; goto out; } + priv->hw_type = ret; /* Set DPLL Reg value, and read back to confirm writes work */ ret = cw1200_reg_write_32(priv, ST90TDS_TSET_GEN_R_W_REG_ID, -- 2.20.1