1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index f72d19b7e5d2..6d4ee22708c9 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -1828,17 +1828,13 @@ int of_update_property(struct device_node *np, struct property *newprop)
                 next = &(*next)->next;
         }
         raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devtree_lock, flags);
-        if (rc)
-                return rc;
+        if (!found)
+                return -ENODEV;
 
         /* Update the sysfs attribute */
-        if (oldprop)
-                sysfs_remove_bin_file(&np->kobj, &oldprop->attr);
+        sysfs_remove_bin_file(&np->kobj, &oldprop->attr);
         __of_add_property_sysfs(np, newprop);
 
-        if (!found)
-                return -ENODEV;
-
         return 0;
 }