Here, dell_get_intensity can return an error. So we can assgine props.brightness as max_brightness. This change is done using Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c index f57dd28..0891de3 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c @@ -2053,6 +2053,9 @@ static int __init dell_init(void) dell_backlight_device->props.brightness = dell_get_intensity(dell_backlight_device); + if (dell_backlight_device->props.brightness < 0) { + dell_backlight_device->props.brightness = props.max_brightness; + } backlight_update_status(dell_backlight_device); } -- 1.9.1