The removal function is called regardless of whether /proc/i8k was created successfully or not, the later causing a WARN() on module removal. Fix that by only registering the removal function if /proc/i8k was created successfully. Tested on a Inspiron 3505. Fixes: 039ae58503f3 ("hwmon: Allow to compile dell-smm-hwmon driver without /proc/i8k") Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx> --- drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c index eaace478f508..5596c211f38d 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c @@ -627,10 +627,9 @@ static void __init i8k_init_procfs(struct device *dev) { struct dell_smm_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev); - /* Register the proc entry */ - proc_create_data("i8k", 0, NULL, &i8k_proc_ops, data); - - devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, i8k_exit_procfs, NULL); + /* Only register exit function if creation was successful */ + if (proc_create_data("i8k", 0, NULL, &i8k_proc_ops, data)) + devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, i8k_exit_procfs, NULL); } #else -- 2.30.2