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: Peter Chen <peter.chen@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c b/drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c index faf6b078b6c4..bbc610e5bd69 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c +++ b/drivers/usb/chipidea/debug.c @@ -364,5 +364,5 @@ void dbg_create_files(struct ci_hdrc *ci) */ void dbg_remove_files(struct ci_hdrc *ci) { - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(dev_name(ci->dev), usb_debug_root)); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove(dev_name(ci->dev), usb_debug_root); } -- 2.39.1