From: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn> stable inclusion from linux-4.19.154 commit 322661e7616d261e3e6dae9a088b900127d6b7c1 -------------------------------- [ Upstream commit 937425d4cd3ae4e2882b41e332bbbab616bcf0ad ] We should use put_device() instead of freeing device directly after device_initialize(). Fixes: cb36e29bb0e4b ("watchdog: initialize device before misc_register") Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200824031230.31050-1-dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com> --- drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c index ca8486a5850e..2b652df44593 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c @@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ static int watchdog_cdev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd) pr_err("%s: a legacy watchdog module is probably present.\n", wdd->info->identity); old_wd_data = NULL; - kfree(wd_data); + put_device(&wd_data->dev); return err; } } -- 2.25.1