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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c
index 27364b7572fc..b092894dd128 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ static void *nixge_get_nvmem_address(struct device *dev)
cell = nvmem_cell_get(dev, "address");
if (IS_ERR(cell))
- return cell;
+ return NULL;
mac = nvmem_cell_read(cell, &cell_size);
nvmem_cell_put(cell);
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ static int nixge_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct nixge_priv *priv;
struct net_device *ndev;
struct resource *dmares;
- const char *mac_addr;
+ const u8 *mac_addr;
int err;
ndev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*priv));
@@ -1202,10 +1202,12 @@ static int nixge_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
ndev->max_mtu = NIXGE_JUMBO_MTU;
mac_addr = nixge_get_nvmem_address(&pdev->dev);
- if (mac_addr && is_valid_ether_addr(mac_addr))
+ if (mac_addr && is_valid_ether_addr(mac_addr)) {
ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
- else
+ kfree(mac_addr);
+ } else {
eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
+ }
priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
priv->ndev = ndev;