The reference taken by 'of_find_device_by_node()' must be released when not needed anymore. Add the corresponding 'put_device()' in the error handling paths. Fixes: 8c75d585b931 ("soc: qcom: aoss: Expose send for generic usecase") Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c index 34acf58bbb0d..e234d78b33e7 100644 --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c @@ -451,7 +451,11 @@ struct qmp *qmp_get(struct device *dev) qmp = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); - return qmp ? qmp : ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER); + if (!qmp) { + put_device(&pdev->dev); + return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER); + } + return qmp; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(qmp_get); -- 2.17.1