The iterator for_each_available_child_of_node() increments the refcount of the child node it is processing. Release such a reference when the loop needs to breaks due to en error during its execution. Issue identified using for_each_child.cocci Coccinelle semantic patch. Signed-off-by: Deepak R Varma <drv@xxxxxxxxx> --- Please note: The proposed change is compile tested only. I do not have the necessary hardware to perform additional testing. Please suggest if there is an alternate means available to further test this change. drivers/leds/rgb/leds-qcom-lpg.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/leds/rgb/leds-qcom-lpg.c b/drivers/leds/rgb/leds-qcom-lpg.c index 67f48f222109..993fb9cf0204 100644 --- a/drivers/leds/rgb/leds-qcom-lpg.c +++ b/drivers/leds/rgb/leds-qcom-lpg.c @@ -1112,8 +1112,10 @@ static int lpg_add_led(struct lpg *lpg, struct device_node *np) i = 0; for_each_available_child_of_node(np, child) { ret = lpg_parse_channel(lpg, child, &led->channels[i]); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) { + of_node_put(child); return ret; + } info[i].color_index = led->channels[i]->color; info[i].intensity = 0; @@ -1291,8 +1293,10 @@ static int lpg_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) for_each_available_child_of_node(pdev->dev.of_node, np) { ret = lpg_add_led(lpg, np); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + of_node_put(np); return ret; + } } for (i = 0; i < lpg->num_channels; i++) -- 2.34.1