When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at once. Cc: Karan Tilak Kumar <kartilak@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sesidhar Baddela <sebaddel@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/snic/snic_debugfs.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_debugfs.c b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_debugfs.c index 57bdc3ba49d9..9dd975b36b5b 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_debugfs.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_debugfs.c @@ -437,6 +437,6 @@ void snic_trc_debugfs_init(void) void snic_trc_debugfs_term(void) { - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(TRC_FILE, snic_glob->trc_root)); - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(TRC_ENABLE_FILE, snic_glob->trc_root)); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove(TRC_FILE, snic_glob->trc_root); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove(TRC_ENABLE_FILE, snic_glob->trc_root); } -- 2.39.1