4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 6f074bc878dc9b00c0df0bf3a8cb1d9e294cd881 ] If reading the register fails, return the actual error code, instead of the uninitialized val variable; Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sre@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/power/supply/axp288_fuel_gauge.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/power/supply/axp288_fuel_gauge.c +++ b/drivers/power/supply/axp288_fuel_gauge.c @@ -169,8 +169,10 @@ static int fuel_gauge_reg_readb(struct a break; } - if (ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) { dev_err(&info->pdev->dev, "axp288 reg read err:%d\n", ret); + return ret; + } return val; }