f/0x87 [] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 -> #0 ((&info->queue)){+.+...}: [] __lock_acquire+0x999/0xcf6 [] lock_acquire+0x95/0x105 [] wait_on_work+0x3b/0xa7 [] __cancel_work_timer+0xbf/0x102 [] cancel_work_sync+0xb/0xd [] fbcon_deinit+0x11c/0x1dc [] bind_con_driver+0x145/0x263 [] unbind_con_driver+0x14f/0x195 [] store_bind+0x1ad/0x1c1 [] dev_attr_store+0x13/0x1f [] sysfs_write_file+0xe9/0x121 [] vfs_write+0x9b/0xfd [] sys_write+0x3e/0x6b [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(console_lock); lock((&info->queue)); lock(console_lock); lock((&info->queue)); *** DEADLOCK *** v2: Mark the lockdep_map static, noticed by Jani Nikula. Cc: Dave Airlie Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Alan Cox Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman