/* store the current interface */ lif = interface; [...] /* store the interface 0 back */ lif = udev->actconfig->interface[0]; [...] usb_set_intfdata(lif, dev); [...] retval = v4l2_device_register(&interface->dev, &dev->v4l2_dev); [...] } So, the usb_set_intfdata() was done on udev->actconfig->interface[0] and not on the 'interface' passed as argument to the ->probe() and ->disconnect() hooks. Later on, v4l2_device_register() was initializing the intfdata of the correct usb_interface structure as a pointer to the v4l2_device structure. Upon unregistration, the ->disconnect() hook was getting the intfdata of the usb_interface passed as argument... and casted it to a 'struct cx231xx *' while it was in fact a 'struct v4l2_device *'. The correct fix seems to just be to set the intfdata on the proper interface from the beginning. Now, loading/unloading/reloading the driver allows to use the device properly. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab