If class_find_device() finds a device it's reference count is incremented. Call put_device() to drop this reference before returning. Fixes: 77be5cacb2c2 ("ACPI: platform_profile: Create class for ACPI platform profile") Signed-off-by: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c b/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c index fc92e43d0fe9..2ad53cc6aae5 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c @@ -417,8 +417,14 @@ static int profile_class_registered(struct device *dev, const void *data) static umode_t profile_class_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, int idx) { - if (!class_find_device(&platform_profile_class, NULL, NULL, profile_class_registered)) + struct device *dev; + + dev = class_find_device(&platform_profile_class, NULL, NULL, profile_class_registered); + if (!dev) return 0; + + put_device(dev); + return attr->mode; } base-commit: 3e3e377dd1f300bbdd230533686ce9c9f4f8a90d -- 2.48.1