1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c b/drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c
index ea3eccfdba15..b0c87f9ea08f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c
@@ -209,14 +209,14 @@ static ssize_t cec_error_inj_write(struct file *file,
         if (IS_ERR(buf))
                 return PTR_ERR(buf);
         p = buf;
-        while (p && *p && count >= 0) {
+        while (p && *p) {
                 p = skip_spaces(p);
                 line = strsep(&p, "\n");
                 if (!*line || *line == '#')
                         continue;
                 if (!adap->ops->error_inj_parse_line(adap, line)) {
-                        count = -EINVAL;
-                        break;
+                        kfree(buf);
+                        return -EINVAL;
                 }
         }
         kfree(buf);