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 related error branches. Fixes: 8b9ec0719834 ("i2c: Add Spreadtrum I2C controller driver") 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-sprd.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sprd.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sprd.c index 25fcc3c1e32b..5dae56e9ef73 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sprd.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sprd.c @@ -284,8 +284,10 @@ static int sprd_i2c_master_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *i2c_adap, int im, ret; ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(i2c_dev->dev); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) { + pm_runtime_put_noidle(i2c_dev->dev); return ret; + } for (im = 0; im < num - 1; im++) { ret = sprd_i2c_handle_msg(i2c_adap, &msgs[im], 0); @@ -572,8 +574,10 @@ static int sprd_i2c_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) int ret; ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(i2c_dev->dev); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) { + pm_runtime_put_noidle(i2c_dev->dev); return ret; + } i2c_del_adapter(&i2c_dev->adap); clk_disable_unprepare(i2c_dev->clk); -- 2.11.0