Common pattern of handling deferred probe can be simplified with dev_err_probe(). Less code and the error value gets printed. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c b/drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c index d92d9a98ec8f..ce4d921c3301 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/i2c-multi-instantiate.c @@ -118,9 +118,8 @@ static int i2c_multi_inst_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) } multi->clients[i] = i2c_acpi_new_device(dev, i, &board_info); if (IS_ERR(multi->clients[i])) { - ret = PTR_ERR(multi->clients[i]); - if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER) - dev_err(dev, "Error creating i2c-client, idx %d\n", i); + ret = dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(multi->clients[i]), + "Error creating i2c-client, idx %d\n", i); goto error; } } -- 2.28.0