omap_w1_read_byte() should return -1 (or 0xff) in case of error (e.g. missing battery). The code accidentially overwrites the variable ret and not val, which is returned. So it will return the initial value 0 instead of -1. Fixes: 27d13da8782a ("w1: omap-hdq: Simplify driver with PM runtime autosuspend") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.6+ Signed-off-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/w1/masters/omap_hdq.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/w1/masters/omap_hdq.c b/drivers/w1/masters/omap_hdq.c index d363e2a89fdfc4..9f9ec108b189e2 100644 --- a/drivers/w1/masters/omap_hdq.c +++ b/drivers/w1/masters/omap_hdq.c @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static u8 omap_w1_read_byte(void *_hdq) ret = hdq_read_byte(hdq_data, &val); if (ret) - ret = -1; + val = -1; pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(hdq_data->dev); pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(hdq_data->dev); -- 2.26.2