6.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Ruan Jinjie <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 32bbe64a1386065ab2aef8ce8cae7c689d0add6e ] The fixed_phy_register() function returns error pointers and never returns NULL. Update the checks accordingly. Fixes: b0ba512e25d7 ("net: bcmgenet: enable driver to work without a device tree") Signed-off-by: Ruan Jinjie <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c index 0092e46c46f83..cc3afb605b1ec 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c @@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static int bcmgenet_mii_pd_init(struct bcmgenet_priv *priv) }; phydev = fixed_phy_register(PHY_POLL, &fphy_status, NULL); - if (!phydev || IS_ERR(phydev)) { + if (IS_ERR(phydev)) { dev_err(kdev, "failed to register fixed PHY device\n"); return -ENODEV; } -- 2.40.1