The mipi_dsi_device_register_full() returns an ERR_PTR() on failure, we should use IS_ERR() to check the return value.
By the way, use dev_err_probe instead of dev_err to print the error code. Fixes: 623a3531e9cf ("drm/panel: Add driver for Novatek NT35950 DSI DriverIC panels") Signed-off-by: Gaosheng Cui <cuigaoshe...@huawei.com> --- drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c index 8b108ac80b55..eaba0b8d4340 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35950.c @@ -571,9 +571,9 @@ static int nt35950_probe(struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi) } nt->dsi[1] = mipi_dsi_device_register_full(dsi_r_host, info); - if (!nt->dsi[1]) { - dev_err(dev, "Cannot get secondary DSI node\n"); - return -ENODEV; + if (IS_ERR(nt->dsi[1])) { + return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(nt->dsi[1]), + "Cannot get secondary DSI node\n"); } num_dsis++; } -- 2.25.1