vch will be free in virtio_rpmsg_release_device() when rpmsg_ctrldev_register_device() fails. There is no need to call kfree() again. Fixes: c486682ae1e2 ("rpmsg: virtio: Register the rpmsg_char device") Signed-off-by: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c index 0130d0ba548c..291fc1cfab7f 100644 --- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c @@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ static struct rpmsg_device *rpmsg_virtio_add_ctrl_dev(struct virtio_device *vdev err = rpmsg_ctrldev_register_device(rpdev_ctrl); if (err) { - kfree(vch); + /* vch will be free in virtio_rpmsg_release_device() */ return ERR_PTR(err); } -- 2.25.1