*/ tty_kref_put(tty); ... } tty_kref_put(tty); Since the outside kref get/put balance we only do a single kref_put when count reaches 0. The patch below changes things to call tty_kref_put once for every hvc_close call, and with that my machine boots fine. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard Acked-by: Amit Shah Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell