Each iteration of for_each_child_of_node puts the previous node, but in the case of a return from the middle of the loop, there is no put, thus causing a memory leak. Hence add an of_node_put before the return in two places. Issue found with Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-spear.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-spear.c b/drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-spear.c index c4f850345dc4..7ec19c73f870 100644 --- a/drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-spear.c +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/spear/pinctrl-spear.c @@ -157,12 +157,16 @@ static int spear_pinctrl_dt_node_to_map(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, /* calculate number of maps required */ for_each_child_of_node(np_config, np) { ret = of_property_read_string(np, "st,function", &function); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) { + of_node_put(np); return ret; + } ret = of_property_count_strings(np, "st,pins"); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) { + of_node_put(np); return ret; + } count += ret; } -- 2.19.1