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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/pcs/pcs-lynx.c14
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-lynx.c b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-lynx.c
index b8c66137e28d..c2d01da40430 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-lynx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-lynx.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static struct phylink_pcs *lynx_pcs_create(struct mdio_device *mdio)
lynx = kzalloc(sizeof(*lynx), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!lynx)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
mdio_device_get(mdio);
lynx->mdio = mdio;
@@ -334,12 +334,6 @@ struct phylink_pcs *lynx_pcs_create_mdiodev(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr)
pcs = lynx_pcs_create(mdio);
- /* Convert failure to create the PCS to an error pointer, so this
- * function has a consistent return value strategy.
- */
- if (!pcs)
- pcs = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
/* lynx_create() has taken a refcount on the mdiodev if it was
* successful. If lynx_create() fails, this will free the mdio
* device here. In any case, we don't need to hold our reference
@@ -363,12 +357,6 @@ struct phylink_pcs *lynx_pcs_create_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *node)
pcs = lynx_pcs_create(mdio);
- /* Convert failure to create the PCS to an error pointer, so this
- * function has a consistent return value strategy.
- */
- if (!pcs)
- pcs = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
/* lynx_create() has taken a refcount on the mdiodev if it was
* successful. If lynx_create() fails, this will free the mdio
* device here. In any case, we don't need to hold our reference