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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/misc.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index d5accc10a110..5247d0ec0f4c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ static int __init misc_init(void)
if (err)
goto fail_remove;
- err = -EIO;
- if (__register_chrdev(MISC_MAJOR, 0, MINORMASK + 1, "misc", &misc_fops))
+ err = __register_chrdev(MISC_MAJOR, 0, MINORMASK + 1, "misc", &misc_fops);
+ if (err < 0)
goto fail_printk;
return 0;