From: Sasha Neftin <sasha.neftin@xxxxxxxxx> commit c4208653a327a09da1e9e7b10299709b6d9b17bf upstream. Similar to "igc_read_phy_reg_gpy: drop premature return" patch. igc_write_phy_reg_gpy checks the return value from igc_write_phy_reg_mdic and if it's not 0, returns immediately. By doing this, it leaves the HW semaphore in the acquired state. Drop this premature return statement, the function returns after releasing the semaphore immediately anyway. Fixes: 5586838fe9ce ("igc: Add code for PHY support") Suggested-by: Dima Ruinskiy <dima.ruinskiy@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Neftin <sasha.neftin@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Naama Meir <naamax.meir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_phy.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_phy.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_phy.c @@ -734,8 +734,6 @@ s32 igc_write_phy_reg_gpy(struct igc_hw if (ret_val) return ret_val; ret_val = igc_write_phy_reg_mdic(hw, offset, data); - if (ret_val) - return ret_val; hw->phy.ops.release(hw); } else { ret_val = igc_write_xmdio_reg(hw, (u16)offset, dev_addr,