In maxim_i2c_read the code mistakenly just returned the return value from dm_i2c_read leaving the following code unreachable. Instead assign ret to be the return value from dm_i2c_read so that the following code can operate as expected.
This issue was found by Smatch. Signed-off-by: Andrew Goodbody <andrew.goodb...@linaro.org> --- drivers/sound/maxim_codec.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/sound/maxim_codec.c b/drivers/sound/maxim_codec.c index 98f094c0e9a..505a739ad7d 100644 --- a/drivers/sound/maxim_codec.c +++ b/drivers/sound/maxim_codec.c @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ unsigned int maxim_i2c_read(struct maxim_priv *priv, unsigned int reg, { int ret; - return dm_i2c_read(priv->dev, reg, data, 1); + ret = dm_i2c_read(priv->dev, reg, data, 1); if (ret != 0) { debug("%s: Error while reading register %#04x\n", __func__, reg); --- base-commit: 7807ed921314cd7af83fd88162d0b8c6fb20a9ca change-id: 20250812-maxim_codec-2e57638830ca Best regards, -- Andrew Goodbody <andrew.goodb...@linaro.org>