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: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/fotg210/fotg210-hcd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/fotg210/fotg210-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/fotg210/fotg210-hcd.c index 51ac93a2eb98..1c5eb8f8c19c 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/fotg210/fotg210-hcd.c +++ b/drivers/usb/fotg210/fotg210-hcd.c @@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ static inline void remove_debug_files(struct fotg210_hcd *fotg210) { struct usb_bus *bus = &fotg210_to_hcd(fotg210)->self; - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(bus->bus_name, fotg210_debug_root)); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove(bus->bus_name, fotg210_debug_root); } /* handshake - spin reading hc until handshake completes or fails -- 2.39.1