Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/fan.c b/drivers/acpi/fan.c
index 48cb705b274..c8e3cba423e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/fan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/fan.c
@@ -256,22 +256,28 @@ static int acpi_fan_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 
 	cdev = thermal_cooling_device_register("Fan", device,
 						&fan_cooling_ops);
-	if (cdev)
+	if (IS_ERR(cdev)) {
+		result = PTR_ERR(cdev);
+		goto end;
+	}
+	if (cdev) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX
 			"%s is registered as cooling_device%d\n",
 			device->dev.bus_id, cdev->id);
-	else
-		goto end;
-	acpi_driver_data(device) = cdev;
-	result = sysfs_create_link(&device->dev.kobj, &cdev->device.kobj,
-					"thermal_cooling");
-	if (result)
-		return result;
 
-	result = sysfs_create_link(&cdev->device.kobj, &device->dev.kobj,
-                                       "device");
-        if (result)
-                return result;
+		acpi_driver_data(device) = cdev;
+		result = sysfs_create_link(&device->dev.kobj,
+					   &cdev->device.kobj,
+					   "thermal_cooling");
+		if (result)
+			return result;
+
+		result = sysfs_create_link(&cdev->device.kobj,
+					   &device->dev.kobj,
+					   "device");
+		if (result)
+			return result;
+	}
 
 	result = acpi_fan_add_fs(device);
 	if (result)