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-rw-r--r--drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c8
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);