In case the device is not connected it doesn't 'get' hw module and hence should not 'put' it on disable.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org 4.16+ Fixes:'commit 257355a44b99 ("mei: make module referencing local to the bus.c")' Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200455 Tested-by: Georg Müller georgmueller@gmx.net Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler tomas.winkler@intel.com --- drivers/misc/mei/bus.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c index 7bba62a72921..13c6c9a2248a 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c @@ -616,9 +616,8 @@ int mei_cldev_disable(struct mei_cl_device *cldev) if (err < 0) dev_err(bus->dev, "Could not disconnect from the ME client\n");

-out: mei_cl_bus_module_put(cldev); - +out: /* Flush queues and remove any pending read */ mei_cl_flush_queues(cl, NULL); mei_cl_unlink(cl);