MBHC initialisation can fail so add the missing error handling to avoid dereferencing an error pointer when later configuring the jack: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffffffffffff8 pc : wcd_mbhc_start+0x28/0x380 [snd_soc_wcd_mbhc] lr : wcd938x_codec_set_jack+0x28/0x48 [snd_soc_wcd938x] Call trace: wcd_mbhc_start+0x28/0x380 [snd_soc_wcd_mbhc] wcd938x_codec_set_jack+0x28/0x48 [snd_soc_wcd938x] snd_soc_component_set_jack+0x28/0x8c [snd_soc_core] qcom_snd_wcd_jack_setup+0x7c/0x19c [snd_soc_qcom_common] sc8280xp_snd_init+0x20/0x2c [snd_soc_sc8280xp] snd_soc_link_init+0x28/0x90 [snd_soc_core] snd_soc_bind_card+0x628/0xbfc [snd_soc_core] snd_soc_register_card+0xec/0x104 [snd_soc_core] devm_snd_soc_register_card+0x4c/0xa4 [snd_soc_core] sc8280xp_platform_probe+0xf0/0x108 [snd_soc_sc8280xp] Fixes: bcee7ed09b8e ("ASoC: codecs: wcd938x: add Multi Button Headset Control support") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.15 Cc: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c index 1595df2bf0e9..faa15a5ed2c8 100644 --- a/sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c +++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wcd938x.c @@ -2626,6 +2626,8 @@ static int wcd938x_mbhc_init(struct snd_soc_component *component) WCD938X_IRQ_HPHR_OCP_INT); wcd938x->wcd_mbhc = wcd_mbhc_init(component, &mbhc_cb, intr_ids, wcd_mbhc_fields, true); + if (IS_ERR(wcd938x->wcd_mbhc)) + return PTR_ERR(wcd938x->wcd_mbhc); snd_soc_add_component_controls(component, impedance_detect_controls, ARRAY_SIZE(impedance_detect_controls)); -- 2.39.3