Commit 6098475d4cb4 ("spi: Fix deadlock when adding SPI controllers on SPI buses") introduced a per-controller mutex. But mutex_unlock() of said lock is called after the controller is already freed: spi_unregister_controller(ctlr) -> put_device(&ctlr->dev) -> spi_controller_release(dev) -> mutex_unlock(&ctrl->add_lock) Move the put_device() after the mutex_unlock(). Fixes: 6098475d4cb4 ("spi: Fix deadlock when adding SPI controllers on SPI buses") Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.15 --- changes since RFC: - fix call graph indendation in commit message drivers/spi/spi.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c index b23e675953e1..fdd530b150a7 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c @@ -3099,12 +3099,6 @@ void spi_unregister_controller(struct spi_controller *ctlr) device_del(&ctlr->dev); - /* Release the last reference on the controller if its driver - * has not yet been converted to devm_spi_alloc_master/slave(). - */ - if (!ctlr->devm_allocated) - put_device(&ctlr->dev); - /* free bus id */ mutex_lock(&board_lock); if (found == ctlr) @@ -3113,6 +3107,12 @@ void spi_unregister_controller(struct spi_controller *ctlr) if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPI_DYNAMIC)) mutex_unlock(&ctlr->add_lock); + + /* Release the last reference on the controller if its driver + * has not yet been converted to devm_spi_alloc_master/slave(). + */ + if (!ctlr->devm_allocated) + put_device(&ctlr->dev); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_unregister_controller); -- 2.30.2