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: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c index c22b51af83fc..7cdc2fa7c28f 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c +++ b/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c @@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ static void release_uhci(struct uhci_hcd *uhci) uhci->is_initialized = 0; spin_unlock_irq(&uhci->lock); - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(uhci_to_hcd(uhci)->self.bus_name, - uhci_debugfs_root)); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove(uhci_to_hcd(uhci)->self.bus_name, + uhci_debugfs_root); for (i = 0; i < UHCI_NUM_SKELQH; i++) uhci_free_qh(uhci, uhci->skelqh[i]); @@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ static int uhci_start(struct usb_hcd *hcd) uhci->frame, uhci->frame_dma_handle); err_alloc_frame: - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(hcd->self.bus_name, uhci_debugfs_root)); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove(hcd->self.bus_name, uhci_debugfs_root); return retval; } -- 2.39.1