[PATCH] iio: accel: kxsd9: Fix runtime PM leak in kxsd9_write_raw()

From: Wentao Liang

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 13:18:38 EST


pm_runtime_get_sync() increments the usage counter even on failure, so
every successful call must be paired with a put. Rejecting an invalid
scale value returned early and skipped the paired
pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(), permanently preventing runtime suspend.

Fixes: 9a9a369d6178 ("iio: accel: kxsd9: Deploy system and runtime PM")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/accel/kxsd9.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/kxsd9.c b/drivers/iio/accel/kxsd9.c
index 4717d80fc24a..1186d711f4d3 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/kxsd9.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/kxsd9.c
@@ -146,8 +146,10 @@ static int kxsd9_write_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,

if (mask == IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE) {
/* Check no integer component */
- if (val)
+ if (val) {
+ pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(st->dev);
return -EINVAL;
+ }
ret = kxsd9_write_scale(indio_dev, val2);
}

--
2.34.1