At probe error path, the firmware loading work may have already been queued. In such a case, it will try to access memory allocated by the probe function, which is about to be released. In such paths, wait for the firmware worker to finish before releasing memory. Fixes: a7f7c15e945a ("rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Free ieee80211_hw if probing fails") Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c index c3aa0cd9ff21..c27b116ccdff 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c @@ -1028,13 +1028,15 @@ int rtl_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, err = ieee80211_register_hw(hw); if (err) { pr_err("Can't register mac80211 hw.\n"); - goto error_out; + goto error_init_vars; } rtlpriv->mac80211.mac80211_registered = 1; set_bit(RTL_STATUS_INTERFACE_START, &rtlpriv->status); return 0; +error_init_vars: + wait_for_completion(&rtlpriv->firmware_loading_complete); error_out: rtl_deinit_core(hw); error_out2: -- 2.34.1