If an error occurs in the loop that creates the device adapters, then a
reference to 'dev' still needs to be released.

Use for_each_child_of_node_scoped() to both fix the issue and save one line
of code.

Fixes: d0f8e97866bf ("i2c: muxes: add support for tsd,mule-i2c multiplexer")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
---
Compile tested only
---
 drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mule.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mule.c b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mule.c
index 284ff4afeeac..d3b32b794172 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mule.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mule.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ static int mule_i2c_mux_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct mule_i2c_reg_mux *priv;
 	struct i2c_client *client;
 	struct i2c_mux_core *muxc;
-	struct device_node *dev;
 	unsigned int readback;
 	int ndev, ret;
 	bool old_fw;
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ static int mule_i2c_mux_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				     "Failed to register mux remove\n");
 
 	/* Create device adapters */
-	for_each_child_of_node(mux_dev->of_node, dev) {
+	for_each_child_of_node_scoped(mux_dev->of_node, dev) {
 		u32 reg;
 
 		ret = of_property_read_u32(dev, "reg", &reg);
-- 
2.50.1

On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 09:38:02PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> If an error occurs in the loop that creates the device adapters, then a
> reference to 'dev' still needs to be released.
> 
> Use for_each_child_of_node_scoped() to both fix the issue and save one line
> of code.
> 
> Fixes: d0f8e97866bf ("i2c: muxes: add support for tsd,mule-i2c multiplexer")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>

Applied to for-next (for 6.17 mergewindow), thanks!