This code is really spurious. It always returns an ERR_PTR, even when err is known to be 0 and calls put_device() after a successful device_register() call. It is likely that the return statement in the normal path is missing. Add 'return rdev;' to fix it. Fixes: d787dcdb9c8f ("bus: sunxi-rsb: Add driver for Allwinner Reduced Serial Bus") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This patch is completely speculative and compile tested only. --- drivers/bus/sunxi-rsb.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/bus/sunxi-rsb.c b/drivers/bus/sunxi-rsb.c index 4566e730ef2b..60b082fe2ed0 100644 --- a/drivers/bus/sunxi-rsb.c +++ b/drivers/bus/sunxi-rsb.c @@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ static struct sunxi_rsb_device *sunxi_rsb_device_create(struct sunxi_rsb *rsb, dev_dbg(&rdev->dev, "device %s registered\n", dev_name(&rdev->dev)); + return rdev; + err_device_add: put_device(&rdev->dev); -- 2.32.0