If iio_trigger_register() returns error, it should call iio_trigger_free() to give up the reference that hold in iio_trigger_alloc(), so that it can call iio_trig_release() to free memory when the refcount hit to 0. Fixes: 0e589d5fb317 ("ARM: AT91: IIO: Add AT91 ADC driver.") Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/iio/adc/at91_adc.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/at91_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/at91_adc.c index 532daaa6f943..366e252ebeb0 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/adc/at91_adc.c +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/at91_adc.c @@ -634,8 +634,10 @@ static struct iio_trigger *at91_adc_allocate_trigger(struct iio_dev *idev, trig->ops = &at91_adc_trigger_ops; ret = iio_trigger_register(trig); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + iio_trigger_free(trig); return NULL; + } return trig; } -- 2.25.1