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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/driver.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index ba912558a510..857c8f1b876e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)
int ret;
struct device_driver *other;
- BUG_ON(!drv->bus->p);
+ if (!drv->bus->p) {
+ pr_err("Driver '%s' was unable to register with bus_type '%s' because the bus was not initialized.\n",
+ drv->name, drv->bus->name);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
if ((drv->bus->probe && drv->probe) ||
(drv->bus->remove && drv->remove) ||