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-rw-r--r--drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index f78d27503925..b789ee8bc14e 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -6010,8 +6010,10 @@ static int __init brightness_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm)
TPACPI_BACKLIGHT_DEV_NAME, NULL, NULL,
&ibm_backlight_data);
if (IS_ERR(ibm_backlight_device)) {
+ int rc = PTR_ERR(ibm_backlight_device);
+ ibm_backlight_device = NULL;
printk(TPACPI_ERR "Could not register backlight device\n");
- return PTR_ERR(ibm_backlight_device);
+ return rc;
}
vdbg_printk(TPACPI_DBG_INIT | TPACPI_DBG_BRGHT,
"brightness is supported\n");