If i2c_new_dummy() fails in max77843_chg_init(), an PTR_ERR(NULL) is returned which is 0. So the function was wrongly returning a success value instead of an error code. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.1 Fixes: c7f585fe46d8 ("mfd: max77843: Add max77843 MFD driver core driver") Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in the RESEND: - Added Krzysztof's Reviewed-by tag. - Added a tag for stable. drivers/mfd/max77843.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max77843.c b/drivers/mfd/max77843.c index c52162ea3d0a..586098f1b233 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/max77843.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/max77843.c @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int max77843_chg_init(struct max77693_dev *max77843) if (!max77843->i2c_chg) { dev_err(&max77843->i2c->dev, "Cannot allocate I2C device for Charger\n"); - return PTR_ERR(max77843->i2c_chg); + return -ENODEV; } i2c_set_clientdata(max77843->i2c_chg, max77843); -- 2.4.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html