i2c_acpi_new_device() never returns NULL, it either returns an i2c_client or a PTR_ERR. Adjust the mshw0011_probe() error handling to take this into account. Note the goto out_err will cause i2c_unregister_device() to get called even though the i2c_acpi_new_device() fails, this is ok as it accepts a NULL pointer argument (and treats it as a no-op). Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/surface3_power.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/surface3_power.c b/drivers/platform/x86/surface3_power.c index 946ac2dc08ae..32e6e86e27dd 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/surface3_power.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/surface3_power.c @@ -522,8 +522,10 @@ static int mshw0011_probe(struct i2c_client *client) strlcpy(board_info.type, "MSHW0011-bat0", I2C_NAME_SIZE); bat0 = i2c_acpi_new_device(dev, 1, &board_info); - if (!bat0) - return -ENOMEM; + if (IS_ERR(bat0)) { + error = PTR_ERR(bat0); + goto out_err; + } data->bat0 = bat0; i2c_set_clientdata(bat0, data); -- 2.26.0