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-rw-r--r--drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
index 0ebfc923a997..90fac8ec63c9 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ bool iio_event_enabled(const struct iio_event_interface *ev_int)
*
* Note: The caller must make sure that this function is not running
* concurrently for the same indio_dev more than once.
+ *
+ * This function may be safely used as soon as a valid reference to iio_dev has
+ * been obtained via iio_device_alloc(), but any events that are submitted
+ * before iio_device_register() has successfully completed will be silently
+ * discarded.
**/
int iio_push_event(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, u64 ev_code, s64 timestamp)
{
@@ -64,6 +69,9 @@ int iio_push_event(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, u64 ev_code, s64 timestamp)
struct iio_event_data ev;
int copied;
+ if (!ev_int)
+ return 0;
+
/* Does anyone care? */
if (iio_event_enabled(ev_int)) {