--- 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,