From: Wan Jiabing <wanjiabing@xxxxxxxx> commit 12a4d677b1c34717443470c1492fe520638ef39a upstream. In lanphy_read_page_reg, calling __phy_read() might return a negative error code. Use 'int' to check the error code. Fixes: 7c2dcfa295b1 ("net: phy: micrel: Add support for LAN8804 PHY") Signed-off-by: Wan Jiabing <wanjiabing@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220509144519.2343399-1-wanjiabing@xxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/phy/micrel.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c @@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ static int ksz886x_cable_test_get_status static int lanphy_read_page_reg(struct phy_device *phydev, int page, u32 addr) { - u32 data; + int data; phy_lock_mdio_bus(phydev); __phy_write(phydev, LAN_EXT_PAGE_ACCESS_CONTROL, page);