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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/hpet.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hpet.c b/drivers/char/hpet.c
index 46c84e5df00f..285c6037417a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hpet.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hpet.c
@@ -976,10 +976,14 @@ static acpi_status hpet_resources(struct acpi_resource *res, void *data)
static int hpet_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
- struct acpi_device *device = ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev);
+ struct acpi_device *device;
acpi_status result;
struct hpet_data data;
+ device = ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev);
+ if (!device)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
result =