From: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 8daee952b4389729358665fb91949460641659d4 upstream. i2c_verify_client() can fail, so we need to put the device when that happens. Fixes: 525e6fabeae2 ("i2c / ACPI: add support for ACPI reconfigure notifications") Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c @@ -394,9 +394,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_acpi_find_adapter_ static struct i2c_client *i2c_acpi_find_client_by_adev(struct acpi_device *adev) { struct device *dev; + struct i2c_client *client; dev = bus_find_device_by_acpi_dev(&i2c_bus_type, adev); - return dev ? i2c_verify_client(dev) : NULL; + if (!dev) + return NULL; + + client = i2c_verify_client(dev); + if (!client) + put_device(dev); + + return client; } static int i2c_acpi_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long value,