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: 7fa32329ca03 ("i2c: cadence: Move to sensible 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-cadence.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c index b13605718291..898faa7fbac5 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cadence.c @@ -574,8 +574,10 @@ static int cdns_i2c_master_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs, bool hold_quirk; ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(id->dev); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) { + pm_runtime_put_noidle(id->dev); return ret; + } /* Check if the bus is free */ if (cdns_i2c_readreg(CDNS_I2C_SR_OFFSET) & CDNS_I2C_SR_BA) { ret = -EAGAIN; -- 2.11.0