From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit f1340265726e0edf8a8cef28e665b28ad6302ce9 ] This code does not jump to exit on an error in iavf_lan_add_device(), so the rtnl_unlock() from the normal path will follow. Fixes: b66c7bc1cd4d ("iavf: Refactor init state machine") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Konrad Jankowski <konrad0.jankowski@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c @@ -1844,11 +1844,9 @@ static int iavf_init_get_resources(struc netif_tx_stop_all_queues(netdev); if (CLIENT_ALLOWED(adapter)) { err = iavf_lan_add_device(adapter); - if (err) { - rtnl_unlock(); + if (err) dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Failed to add VF to client API service list: %d\n", err); - } } dev_info(&pdev->dev, "MAC address: %pM\n", adapter->hw.mac.addr); if (netdev->features & NETIF_F_GRO)