diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c b/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c index 3a2dbf1490c6..de4f76abfb47 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c +++ b/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c @@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ static int aim_probe(struct most_interface *iface, int channel_id, NULL, "%s", name); - retval = IS_ERR(c->dev); - if (retval) { + if (IS_ERR(c->dev)) { + retval = PTR_ERR(c->dev); pr_info("failed to create new device node %s\n", name); goto error_create_device; }