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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/core.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 25e08e5f40bd..14f165816742 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -4414,6 +4414,12 @@ static inline bool fwnode_is_primary(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
*
* Set the device's firmware node pointer to @fwnode, but if a secondary
* firmware node of the device is present, preserve it.
+ *
+ * Valid fwnode cases are:
+ * - primary --> secondary --> -ENODEV
+ * - primary --> NULL
+ * - secondary --> -ENODEV
+ * - NULL
*/
void set_primary_fwnode(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
{
@@ -4432,8 +4438,9 @@ void set_primary_fwnode(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
} else {
if (fwnode_is_primary(fn)) {
dev->fwnode = fn->secondary;
+ /* Set fn->secondary = NULL, so fn remains the primary fwnode */
if (!(parent && fn == parent->fwnode))
- fn->secondary = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+ fn->secondary = NULL;
} else {
dev->fwnode = NULL;
}