Since mdiobus_scan() returns either an error code or NULL on error, the
driver should check  for both,  not only for NULL, otherwise a crash is
imminent...

Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <redacted>

---
The patch is against DaveM's 'net.git' repo.

 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Index: net/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
===================================================================

--- net.orig/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c
+++ net/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/pxa168_eth.c

@@ -979,6 +979,8 @@ static int pxa168_init_phy(struct net_de
 		return 0;
 
 	pep->phy = mdiobus_scan(pep->smi_bus, pep->phy_addr);
+	if (IS_ERR(pep->phy))
+		return PTR_ERR(pep->phy);
 	if (!pep->phy)
 		return -ENODEV;