PTR_ERR(NULL) is success. We have to preserve the error code earlier.
Fixes: 7086605a6ab5 ("stmmac: fix error check when init ptp")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <[email protected]>
---
Applies to net.git tree.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.c
index 289d527..5d61fb2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.c
@@ -185,8 +185,10 @@ int stmmac_ptp_register(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
priv->ptp_clock = ptp_clock_register(&priv->ptp_clock_ops,
priv->device);
if (IS_ERR(priv->ptp_clock)) {
+ int ret = PTR_ERR(priv->ptp_clock);
+
priv->ptp_clock = NULL;
- return PTR_ERR(priv->ptp_clock);
+ return ret;
}
spin_lock_init(&priv->ptp_lock);