From: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit ca6ac25cecf0e740d7cc8e03e0ebbf8acbeca3df ] nvmem_device_get() should return ERR_PTR() on error or valid pointer on success, but one of the code path seems to return NULL, so fix it. Reported-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/nvmem/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c index d32eba11c000f..30c040786fde2 100644 --- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c +++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c @@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ static struct nvmem_device *nvmem_find(const char *name) d = bus_find_device_by_name(&nvmem_bus_type, NULL, name); if (!d) - return NULL; + return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); return to_nvmem_device(d); } -- 2.20.1