* This device property is for kernel internal use only and
* is expected to be set by the glue code.
*/
- if (device_property_read_string(dev, "linux,extcon-name", &name) == 0)
- return extcon_get_extcon_dev(name);
+ if (device_property_read_string(dev, "linux,extcon-name", &name) == 0) {
+ edev = extcon_get_extcon_dev(name);
+ if (!edev)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+
+ return edev;
+ }
np_phy = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "phys", 0);
np_conn = of_graph_get_remote_node(np_phy, -1, -1);