After the device_register() succeeds, then the correct way to clean up is to call device_unregister(). The unregister calls both device_del() and device_put(). Since this code was only device_del() it results in a memory leak. Fixes: dacb12877d92 ("thunderbolt: Add support for on-board retimers") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This is from a new static checker warning. Not tested. With new warnings it's also possible that I have misunderstood something fundamental so review carefully etc. drivers/thunderbolt/retimer.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/retimer.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/retimer.c index 620bcf586ee2..7a5d61604c8b 100644 --- a/drivers/thunderbolt/retimer.c +++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/retimer.c @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static int tb_retimer_add(struct tb_port *port, u8 index, u32 auth_status) ret = tb_retimer_nvm_add(rt); if (ret) { dev_err(&rt->dev, "failed to add NVM devices: %d\n", ret); - device_del(&rt->dev); + device_unregister(&rt->dev); return ret; } -- 2.30.2