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-rw-r--r--drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
index 32083e452cde..e88c01961948 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
@@ -698,6 +698,9 @@ hwmon_device_register_with_info(struct device *dev, const char *name,
if (chip && (!chip->ops || !chip->ops->is_visible || !chip->info))
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ if (chip && !dev)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
return __hwmon_device_register(dev, name, drvdata, chip, extra_groups);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwmon_device_register_with_info);