diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3cd06af86780..1cc91eed2f3d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2b67c95b74f17c13c7b3a990540c9dd9b4a8480d
+refs/heads/master: fa0ea0e16f748e36d65931227188ccf07f2b77c7
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c b/trunk/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
index 9fc122c81f06..16f281b8c2d0 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
@@ -175,14 +175,14 @@ static int lp5521_set_engine_mode(struct lp5521_engine *engine, u8 mode)
 		mode = LP5521_CMD_DIRECT;
 
 	ret = lp5521_read(client, LP5521_REG_OP_MODE, &engine_state);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	/* set mode only for this engine */
 	engine_state &= ~(engine->engine_mask);
 	mode &= engine->engine_mask;
 	engine_state |= mode;
-	ret |= lp5521_write(client, LP5521_REG_OP_MODE, engine_state);
-
-	return ret;
+	return lp5521_write(client, LP5521_REG_OP_MODE, engine_state);
 }
 
 static int lp5521_load_program(struct lp5521_engine *eng, const u8 *pattern)