backlight_put() has been dropped, we should call put_device() to drop the reference taken by backlight_device_get_by_name(). Fixes: 0f6a3256fd81 ("backlight: backlight: Drop backlight_put()") Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c index b788ff3d0f45..6eea72aa8dbf 100644 --- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(backlight_device_get_by_type); * * This function looks up a backlight device by its name. It obtains a reference * on the backlight device and it is the caller's responsibility to drop the - * reference by calling backlight_put(). + * reference by calling put_device(). * * Returns: * A pointer to the backlight device if found, otherwise NULL. -- 2.25.1