From: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit dece3c2a320b0a6d891da6ff774ab763969b6860 upstream. When call function hwmon_device_register failed, use the actual return value instead of always -ENOMEM. Fixes: 64f09aa967e1 ("MIPS: Loongson-3: Add CPU Hwmon platform driver") Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paulburton@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhc@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/mips/cpu_hwmon.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/platform/mips/cpu_hwmon.c +++ b/drivers/platform/mips/cpu_hwmon.c @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int __init loongson_hwmon_init(vo cpu_hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register(NULL); if (IS_ERR(cpu_hwmon_dev)) { - ret = -ENOMEM; + ret = PTR_ERR(cpu_hwmon_dev); pr_err("hwmon_device_register fail!\n"); goto fail_hwmon_device_register; }