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-rw-r--r--drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index bf083bc58d30..4092b8601c4e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -3623,6 +3623,8 @@ struct gpio_desc *__must_check gpiod_get_index(struct device *dev,
struct gpio_desc *desc = NULL;
int status;
enum gpio_lookup_flags lookupflags = 0;
+ /* Maybe we have a device name, maybe not */
+ const char *devname = dev ? dev_name(dev) : "?";
dev_dbg(dev, "GPIO lookup for consumer %s\n", con_id);
@@ -3651,8 +3653,11 @@ struct gpio_desc *__must_check gpiod_get_index(struct device *dev,
return desc;
}
- /* If a connection label was passed use that, else use the device name as label */
- status = gpiod_request(desc, con_id ? con_id : dev_name(dev));
+ /*
+ * If a connection label was passed use that, else attempt to use
+ * the device name as label
+ */
+ status = gpiod_request(desc, con_id ? con_id : devname);
if (status < 0)
return ERR_PTR(status);