pm_runtime_get_sync() increases the device's usage count even when reporting an error, so add a call to pm_runtime_put_noidle() in the error branch. Fixes: 36ecbcab84d0 ("i2c: xiic: Implement power management") Signed-off-by: Tobias Jordan <Tobias.Jordan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- This is one of a number of patches for problems found using coccinelle scripting in the SIL2LinuxMP project. The patch has been compile-tested; it's based on linux-next-20180223. For a discussion of the corresponding issue, see https://marc.info/?l=linux-pm&m=151904483924999&w=2 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c index ae6ed254e01d..fd03e40ca832 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xiic.c @@ -682,8 +682,10 @@ static int xiic_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num) xiic_getreg8(i2c, XIIC_SR_REG_OFFSET)); err = pm_runtime_get_sync(i2c->dev); - if (err < 0) + if (err < 0) { + pm_runtime_put_noidle(i2c->dev); return err; + } err = xiic_busy(i2c); if (err) -- 2.11.0