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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c index f78d2750392..b789ee8bc14 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c @@ -6010,8 +6010,10 @@ static int __init brightness_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm) TPACPI_BACKLIGHT_DEV_NAME, NULL, NULL, &ibm_backlight_data); if (IS_ERR(ibm_backlight_device)) { + int rc = PTR_ERR(ibm_backlight_device); + ibm_backlight_device = NULL; printk(TPACPI_ERR "Could not register backlight device\n"); - return PTR_ERR(ibm_backlight_device); + return rc; } vdbg_printk(TPACPI_DBG_INIT | TPACPI_DBG_BRGHT, "brightness is supported\n"); |