From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 7079b3483a17be2cfba64cbd4feb1b7ae07f1ea7 ] If device_register() fails, device_unregister() should not be called because it will free some resources that are not allocated. put_device() should be used instead. Fixes: 308ee87a2f1e ("staging: fieldbus: anybus-s: support HMS Anybus-S bus") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5401a519608d6e1a4e7435c20f4f20b0c5c36c23.1650610082.git.christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/host.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/host.c b/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/host.c index 8a75f6642c78..0c41d1e0204f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/host.c +++ b/drivers/staging/fieldbus/anybuss/host.c @@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ anybuss_host_common_probe(struct device *dev, goto err_device; return cd; err_device: - device_unregister(&cd->client->dev); + put_device(&cd->client->dev); err_kthread: kthread_stop(cd->qthread); err_reset: -- 2.35.1