1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
index 06be405be399..9c89eebc356f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
@@ -1171,7 +1171,8 @@ static int __init vpe_module_init(void)
                 return -ENODEV;
         }
 
-        if ((major = register_chrdev(0, module_name, &vpe_fops) < 0)) {
+        major = register_chrdev(0, module_name, &vpe_fops);
+        if (major < 0) {
                 printk("VPE loader: unable to register character device\n");
                 return major;
         }