From: Xiang Yang <xiangyang3@xxxxxxxxxx> The reference of pdev->dev is taken by of_find_device_by_node, so it should be released when not need anymore. Fixes: 7dc54d3b8d91 ("net: pcs: add Renesas MII converter driver") Signed-off-by: Xiang Yang <xiangyang3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/pcs/pcs-rzn1-miic.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-rzn1-miic.c b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-rzn1-miic.c index e5d642c67a2c..97139c07130f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-rzn1-miic.c +++ b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-rzn1-miic.c @@ -314,15 +314,21 @@ struct phylink_pcs *miic_create(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np) pdev = of_find_device_by_node(pcs_np); of_node_put(pcs_np); - if (!pdev || !platform_get_drvdata(pdev)) + if (!pdev || !platform_get_drvdata(pdev)) { + if (pdev) + put_device(&pdev->dev); return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER); + } miic_port = kzalloc(sizeof(*miic_port), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!miic_port) + if (!miic_port) { + put_device(&pdev->dev); return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); + } miic = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); device_link_add(dev, miic->dev, DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_CONSUMER); + put_device(&pdev->dev); miic_port->miic = miic; miic_port->port = port - 1; -- 2.34.1