This does not fix any bug - this is just a code simplification. As np is not used after passing it to v4l2_fwnode_endpoint_parse() its refcount can be decremented immediately and at one location. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx> --- Issue found during code reading. Patch was compile tested with: x86_64_defconfig, MEDIA_SUPPORT=y MEDIA_CAMERA_SUPPORT=y, V4L_PLATFORM_DRIVERS=y, OF=y, COMPILE_TEST=y CONFIG_VIDEO_STM32_DCMI=y (There are a few sparse warnings - but unrelated to the lines changed) Patch is against 4.17.0 (localversion-next is next-20180608) drivers/media/platform/stm32/stm32-dcmi.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/stm32/stm32-dcmi.c b/drivers/media/platform/stm32/stm32-dcmi.c index 2e1933d..0b61042 100644 --- a/drivers/media/platform/stm32/stm32-dcmi.c +++ b/drivers/media/platform/stm32/stm32-dcmi.c @@ -1696,23 +1696,20 @@ static int dcmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) } ret = v4l2_fwnode_endpoint_parse(of_fwnode_handle(np), &ep); + of_node_put(np); if (ret) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not parse the endpoint\n"); - of_node_put(np); return -ENODEV; } if (ep.bus_type == V4L2_MBUS_CSI2) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "CSI bus not supported\n"); - of_node_put(np); return -ENODEV; } dcmi->bus.flags = ep.bus.parallel.flags; dcmi->bus.bus_width = ep.bus.parallel.bus_width; dcmi->bus.data_shift = ep.bus.parallel.data_shift; - of_node_put(np); - irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0); if (irq <= 0) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not get irq\n"); -- 2.1.4