1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 2efa56c5ff2c..2091ae8f539a 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -637,6 +637,22 @@ static void i2c_adapter_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 }
 
 /*
+ * This function is only needed for mutex_lock_nested, so it is never
+ * called unless locking correctness checking is enabled. Thus we
+ * make it inline to avoid a compiler warning. That's what gcc ends up
+ * doing anyway.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int i2c_adapter_depth(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
+{
+        unsigned int depth = 0;
+
+        while ((adapter = i2c_parent_is_i2c_adapter(adapter)))
+                depth++;
+
+        return depth;
+}
+
+/*
  * Let users instantiate I2C devices through sysfs. This can be used when
  * platform initialization code doesn't contain the proper data for
  * whatever reason. Also useful for drivers that do device detection and
@@ -726,7 +742,8 @@ i2c_sysfs_delete_device(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
         /* Make sure the device was added through sysfs */
         res = -ENOENT;
-        mutex_lock(&adap->userspace_clients_lock);
+        mutex_lock_nested(&adap->userspace_clients_lock,
+                          i2c_adapter_depth(adap));
         list_for_each_entry_safe(client, next, &adap->userspace_clients,
                                  detected) {
                 if (client->addr == addr) {
@@ -1073,7 +1090,8 @@ int i2c_del_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
                 return res;
 
         /* Remove devices instantiated from sysfs */
-        mutex_lock(&adap->userspace_clients_lock);
+        mutex_lock_nested(&adap->userspace_clients_lock,
+                          i2c_adapter_depth(adap));
         list_for_each_entry_safe(client, next, &adap->userspace_clients,
                                  detected) {
                 dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "Removing %s at 0x%x\n", client->name,