The auxiliary_device_create() function returns NULL. It doesn't return error pointers. Update the checking to match. Fixes: eaa0d30216c1 ("driver core: auxiliary bus: add device creation helpers") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/auxiliary.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c index 810b6105a75d..61b876d90b7f 100644 --- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c +++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c @@ -491,8 +491,8 @@ struct auxiliary_device *__devm_auxiliary_device_create(struct device *dev, int ret; auxdev = auxiliary_device_create(dev, modname, devname, platform_data, id); - if (IS_ERR(auxdev)) - return auxdev; + if (!auxdev) + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, auxiliary_device_destroy, auxdev); -- 2.47.2