Once the device is initialized via device_initialize(), it should be freed via put_device, so fix it. Meantime get the parent before adding device, the release handler can work as expected always. Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/sd.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c index cbd9999f93a6..a8039beb5a02 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c @@ -3401,15 +3401,16 @@ static int sd_probe(struct device *dev) } device_initialize(&sdkp->dev); - sdkp->dev.parent = dev; + sdkp->dev.parent = get_device(dev); sdkp->dev.class = &sd_disk_class; dev_set_name(&sdkp->dev, "%s", dev_name(dev)); error = device_add(&sdkp->dev); - if (error) - goto out_free_index; + if (error) { + put_device(&sdkp->dev); + goto out; + } - get_device(dev); dev_set_drvdata(dev, sdkp); gd->major = sd_major((index & 0xf0) >> 4); -- 2.31.1