When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at once. Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-hyperv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c index cbe43e2567a7..64ac5bdee3a6 100644 --- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c @@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ static void hv_balloon_debugfs_init(struct hv_dynmem_device *b) static void hv_balloon_debugfs_exit(struct hv_dynmem_device *b) { - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup("hv-balloon", NULL)); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove("hv-balloon", NULL); } #else -- 2.39.1