[PATCH] mfd: wm831x: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

The driver always checks for pdata being NULL expect in one place.
Add a check to prevent a possible NULL pointer deference error.

Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---

 drivers/mfd/wm831x-core.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/wm831x-core.c b/drivers/mfd/wm831x-core.c
index 28366a90e1ad..3e0e99ec5836 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/wm831x-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/wm831x-core.c
@@ -1626,7 +1626,9 @@ int wm831x_device_init(struct wm831x *wm831x, unsigned long id, int irq)
 	mutex_init(&wm831x->io_lock);
 	mutex_init(&wm831x->key_lock);
 	dev_set_drvdata(wm831x->dev, wm831x);
-	wm831x->soft_shutdown = pdata->soft_shutdown;
+
+	if (pdata)
+		wm831x->soft_shutdown = pdata->soft_shutdown;
 
 	ret = wm831x_reg_read(wm831x, WM831X_PARENT_ID);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-- 
2.4.3

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