diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
index 39b4cb48d738c8f42a6d96beda5152869522d454..6eba301ee03dc04ea4e174a401e99f3e176104c0 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
@@ -427,9 +427,12 @@ static int ad799x_write_event_value(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	int ret;
 	struct ad799x_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 
+	if (val < 0 || val > RES_MASK(chan->scan_type.realbits))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	mutex_lock(&indio_dev->mlock);
 	ret = ad799x_i2c_write16(st, ad799x_threshold_reg(chan, dir, info),
-		val);
+		val << chan->scan_type.shift);
 	mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->mlock);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -452,7 +455,8 @@ static int ad799x_read_event_value(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->mlock);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
-	*val = valin;
+	*val = (valin >> chan->scan_type.shift) &
+		RES_MASK(chan->scan_type.realbits);
 
 	return IIO_VAL_INT;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
index d833d55052eadf965424bfc2f3b5044cc0ad8167..c7497009d60ab7b81358b85d9ecd4057642276e7 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static struct iio_channel *of_iio_channel_get_by_name(struct device_node *np,
 		else if (name && index >= 0) {
 			pr_err("ERROR: could not get IIO channel %s:%s(%i)\n",
 				np->full_name, name ? name : "", index);
-			return chan;
+			return NULL;
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -193,8 +193,9 @@ static struct iio_channel *of_iio_channel_get_by_name(struct device_node *np,
 		 */
 		np = np->parent;
 		if (np && !of_get_property(np, "io-channel-ranges", NULL))
-			break;
+			return NULL;
 	}
+
 	return chan;
 }
 
@@ -317,6 +318,7 @@ struct iio_channel *iio_channel_get(struct device *dev,
 		if (channel != NULL)
 			return channel;
 	}
+
 	return iio_channel_get_sys(name, channel_name);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_channel_get);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7291.c b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7291.c
index 357cef2a6f4c5c958a61939c0e644a361676a585..7194bd138762ce26318e9cbe2d18f621174df206 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7291.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7291.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static int ad7291_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	struct ad7291_platform_data *pdata = client->dev.platform_data;
 	struct ad7291_chip_info *chip;
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	indio_dev = devm_iio_device_alloc(&client->dev, sizeof(*chip));
 	if (!indio_dev)
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static int ad7291_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	if (pdata && pdata->use_external_ref) {
 		chip->reg = devm_regulator_get(&client->dev, "vref");
 		if (IS_ERR(chip->reg))
-			return ret;
+			return PTR_ERR(chip->reg);
 
 		ret = regulator_enable(chip->reg);
 		if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/core/tiomap3430.c b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/core/tiomap3430.c
index 8945b4e3a2a6fcccf7e57687d6425f44400252b8..cb50120ed7b59a1ba531e649e6cbfeef85565f11 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/core/tiomap3430.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/core/tiomap3430.c
@@ -280,8 +280,10 @@ static int bridge_brd_monitor(struct bridge_dev_context *dev_ctxt)
 					OMAP3430_IVA2_MOD, OMAP2_CM_CLKSTCTRL);
 
 		/* Wait until the state has moved to ON */
-		while (*pdata->dsp_prm_read(OMAP3430_IVA2_MOD, OMAP2_PM_PWSTST)&
-					OMAP_INTRANSITION_MASK);
+		while ((*pdata->dsp_prm_read)(OMAP3430_IVA2_MOD,
+					      OMAP2_PM_PWSTST) &
+						OMAP_INTRANSITION_MASK)
+			;
 		/* Disable Automatic transition */
 		(*pdata->dsp_cm_write)(OMAP34XX_CLKSTCTRL_DISABLE_AUTO,
 					OMAP3430_IVA2_MOD, OMAP2_CM_CLKSTCTRL);