1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index 3fcf80ff12f2..d0d824ebf2c1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -783,7 +783,8 @@ static int __init ppdev_init (void)
                 err = PTR_ERR(ppdev_class);
                 goto out_chrdev;
         }
-        if (parport_register_driver(&pp_driver)) {
+        err = parport_register_driver(&pp_driver);
+        if (err < 0) {
                 printk (KERN_WARNING CHRDEV ": unable to register with parport\n");
                 goto out_class;
         }