This function looks like a realloc. However, if 'risc->cpu != NULL', the memory will be freed, but never reallocated with the bigger 'size'. Explicitly set 'risc->cpu' to NULL, so that the reallocation is correctly performed a few lines below. Fixes: 5ede94c70553 ("[media] cx25821: remove bogus btcx_risc dependency) Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Completly speculative and untested. --- drivers/media/pci/cx25821/cx25821-core.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx25821/cx25821-core.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx25821/cx25821-core.c index 6f8ffab8840f..22e47dd74df4 100644 --- a/drivers/media/pci/cx25821/cx25821-core.c +++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx25821/cx25821-core.c @@ -976,8 +976,10 @@ int cx25821_riscmem_alloc(struct pci_dev *pci, __le32 *cpu; dma_addr_t dma = 0; - if (NULL != risc->cpu && risc->size < size) + if (NULL != risc->cpu && risc->size < size) { pci_free_consistent(pci, risc->size, risc->cpu, risc->dma); + risc->cpu = NULL; + } if (NULL == risc->cpu) { cpu = pci_zalloc_consistent(pci, size, &dma); if (NULL == cpu) -- 2.27.0