Reference count of device node was increased in of_i2c_register_device, but without decreasing it in i2c_unregister_device. Then the dynamically added device node will never be released. Fix this by adding the of_node_put. Signed-off-by: Lixin Wang <alan.1.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c index 56e4658..b76adf9 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c @@ -808,8 +808,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_new_device); */ void i2c_unregister_device(struct i2c_client *client) { - if (client->dev.of_node) + if (client->dev.of_node) { of_node_clear_flag(client->dev.of_node, OF_POPULATED); + of_node_put(client->dev.of_node); + } if (ACPI_COMPANION(&client->dev)) acpi_device_clear_enumerated(ACPI_COMPANION(&client->dev)); device_unregister(&client->dev); -- 2.6.2