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-rw-r--r--drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
index 4beaee384906..a5486e65e04b 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ static void virtio_pci_release_dev(struct device *_d)
struct virtio_device *vdev = dev_to_virtio(_d);
struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(vdev);
+ /* As struct device is a kobject, it's not safe to
+ * free the memory (including the reference counter itself)
+ * until it's release callback. */
kfree(vp_dev);
}