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-rw-r--r--common/state/state.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/common/state/state.c b/common/state/state.c
index c3c8b768c7..41bee0fdc5 100644
--- a/common/state/state.c
+++ b/common/state/state.c
@@ -567,8 +567,10 @@ struct state *state_new_from_node(struct device_node *node, char *path,
uint32_t stridesize;
alias = of_alias_get(node);
- if (!alias)
- alias = node->name;
+ if (!alias) {
+ pr_err("State node %s does not have an alias in the /aliases/ node\n", node->full_name);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ }
state = state_new(alias);
if (IS_ERR(state))