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/ath6kl/debug.c:1796:6-21: Wrong debugfs call error processing on line 1796 Signed-off-by: Atul Raut <rauji.raut@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/debug.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/debug.c index 433a047f3747..505af195e299 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/debug.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/debug.c @@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ int ath6kl_debug_init_fs(struct ath6kl *ar) { ar->debugfs_phy = debugfs_create_dir("ath6kl", ar->wiphy->debugfsdir); - if (!ar->debugfs_phy) + if (IS_ERR(ar->debugfs_phy)) return -ENOMEM; debugfs_create_file("tgt_stats", 0400, ar->debugfs_phy, ar, -- 2.34.1