The local variable np in function of_unittest_platform_populate takes the return value of of_find_node_by_path, which gets a node but does not put it. If np is not put before return it may cause a memory leak. Hence put np before a return statement. Issue found with Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/of/unittest.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/of/unittest.c b/drivers/of/unittest.c index e6b175370f2e..480a21e2ed39 100644 --- a/drivers/of/unittest.c +++ b/drivers/of/unittest.c @@ -1044,8 +1044,10 @@ static void __init of_unittest_platform_populate(void) test_bus = platform_device_register_full(&test_bus_info); rc = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(test_bus); unittest(!rc, "testbus registration failed; rc=%i\n", rc); - if (rc) + if (rc) { + of_node_put(np); return; + } test_bus->dev.of_node = np; /* -- 2.19.1