The debugfs_create_dir function returns ERR_PTR in case of error and the correct way to check an error is 'IS_ERR' inline function. This patch will replace the null-comparison with IS_ERR This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle. ./drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c:985:6-12: Wrong debugfs call error processing on line 985 Signed-off-by: Atul Raut <rauji.raut@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c index 4b41160e5d38..08058b3f7e22 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/debug.c @@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ ath5k_debug_init_device(struct ath5k_hw *ah) ah->debug.level = ath5k_debug; phydir = debugfs_create_dir("ath5k", ah->hw->wiphy->debugfsdir); - if (!phydir) + if (IS_ERR(phydir)) return; debugfs_create_file("debug", 0600, phydir, ah, &fops_debug); -- 2.34.1