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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c index 527d51319f3..b995502400b 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c @@ -866,8 +866,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_detach_client); */ struct i2c_client *i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client *client) { - get_device(&client->dev); - return client; + if (client && get_device(&client->dev)) + return client; + return NULL; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_use_client); @@ -879,7 +880,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_use_client); */ void i2c_release_client(struct i2c_client *client) { - put_device(&client->dev); + if (client) + put_device(&client->dev); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_release_client); |