From: Wang Ming <machel@xxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 043b1f185fb0f3939b7427f634787706f45411c4 ] The debugfs_create_dir() function returns error pointers. It never returns NULL. Most incorrect error checks were fixed, but the one in i40e_dbg_init() was forgotten. Fix the remaining error check. Fixes: 02e9c290814c ("i40e: debugfs interface") Signed-off-by: Wang Ming <machel@xxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Pucha Himasekhar Reddy <himasekharx.reddy.pucha@xxxxxxxxx> (A Contingent worker at Intel) Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c index c057343165a51..7c5f874ef335a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c @@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ void i40e_dbg_pf_exit(struct i40e_pf *pf) void i40e_dbg_init(void) { i40e_dbg_root = debugfs_create_dir(i40e_driver_name, NULL); - if (!i40e_dbg_root) + if (IS_ERR(i40e_dbg_root)) pr_info("init of debugfs failed\n"); } -- 2.39.2