@@ -884,6 +884,17 @@ dvb_pll_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
if (!dvb_pll_attach(fe, client->addr, client->adapter, desc_id))
return -ENOMEM;
+ /*
+ * Unset tuner_ops.release (== dvb_pll_release)
+ * which has been just set in the above dvb_pll_attach(),
+ * because if tuner_ops.release was left defined,
+ * this module would be 'put' twice on exit:
+ * once by dvb_frontend_detach() and another by dvb_module_release().
+ *
+ * dvb_pll_release is instead executed in the i2c driver's .remove(),
+ * keeping dvb_pll_attach untouched for legacy (dvb_attach) drivers.
+ */
+ fe->ops.tuner_ops.release = NULL;
dev_info(&client->dev, "DVB Simple Tuner attached.\n");
return 0;
}