1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c b/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
index 08b161798443..fc702e40bd43 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c
@@ -705,17 +705,16 @@ static struct bin_attribute rbu_packet_size_attr = {
 
 static int __init dcdrbu_init(void)
 {
-        int rc = 0;
+        int rc;
         spin_lock_init(&rbu_data.lock);
 
         init_packet_head();
-        rbu_device =
-                platform_device_register_simple("dell_rbu", -1, NULL, 0);
-        if (!rbu_device) {
+        rbu_device = platform_device_register_simple("dell_rbu", -1, NULL, 0);
+        if (IS_ERR(rbu_device)) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR
                         "dell_rbu:%s:platform_device_register_simple "
                         "failed\n", __FUNCTION__);
-                return -EIO;
+                return PTR_ERR(rbu_device);
         }
 
         rc = sysfs_create_bin_file(&rbu_device->dev.kobj, &rbu_data_attr);