diff --git a/drivers/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/phy/Kconfig
index 7eb5859dd035f..03cb3ea2d2c03 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/phy/Kconfig
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ config PHY_SUN9I_USB
 	tristate "Allwinner sun9i SoC USB PHY driver"
 	depends on ARCH_SUNXI && HAS_IOMEM && OF
 	depends on RESET_CONTROLLER
+	depends on USB_COMMON
 	select GENERIC_PHY
 	help
 	  Enable this to support the transceiver that is part of Allwinner
diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-bcm-cygnus-pcie.c b/drivers/phy/phy-bcm-cygnus-pcie.c
index 7ad72b7d2b981..082c03f6438f7 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-bcm-cygnus-pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-bcm-cygnus-pcie.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static int cygnus_pcie_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct phy_provider *provider;
 	struct resource *res;
 	unsigned cnt = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (of_get_child_count(node) == 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "PHY no child node\n");
@@ -154,24 +155,28 @@ static int cygnus_pcie_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		if (of_property_read_u32(child, "reg", &id)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "missing reg property for %s\n",
 				child->name);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		if (id >= MAX_NUM_PHYS) {
 			dev_err(dev, "invalid PHY id: %u\n", id);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		if (core->phys[id].phy) {
 			dev_err(dev, "duplicated PHY id: %u\n", id);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		p = &core->phys[id];
 		p->phy = devm_phy_create(dev, child, &cygnus_pcie_phy_ops);
 		if (IS_ERR(p->phy)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "failed to create PHY\n");
-			return PTR_ERR(p->phy);
+			ret = PTR_ERR(p->phy);
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		p->core = core;
@@ -191,6 +196,9 @@ static int cygnus_pcie_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dev_dbg(dev, "registered %u PCIe PHY(s)\n", cnt);
 
 	return 0;
+put_child:
+	of_node_put(child);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id cygnus_pcie_phy_match_table[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-berlin-sata.c b/drivers/phy/phy-berlin-sata.c
index 77a2e054fdea0..f84a33a1bdd93 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-berlin-sata.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-berlin-sata.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static int phy_berlin_sata_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct phy_provider *phy_provider;
 	struct phy_berlin_priv *priv;
 	struct resource *res;
-	int i = 0;
+	int ret, i = 0;
 	u32 phy_id;
 
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -237,22 +237,27 @@ static int phy_berlin_sata_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		if (of_property_read_u32(child, "reg", &phy_id)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "missing reg property in node %s\n",
 				child->name);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		if (phy_id >= ARRAY_SIZE(phy_berlin_power_down_bits)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "invalid reg in node %s\n", child->name);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		phy_desc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*phy_desc), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!phy_desc)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (!phy_desc) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto put_child;
+		}
 
 		phy = devm_phy_create(dev, NULL, &phy_berlin_sata_ops);
 		if (IS_ERR(phy)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "failed to create PHY %d\n", phy_id);
-			return PTR_ERR(phy);
+			ret = PTR_ERR(phy);
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		phy_desc->phy = phy;
@@ -269,6 +274,9 @@ static int phy_berlin_sata_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	phy_provider =
 		devm_of_phy_provider_register(dev, phy_berlin_sata_phy_xlate);
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(phy_provider);
+put_child:
+	of_node_put(child);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id phy_berlin_sata_of_match[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-brcmstb-sata.c b/drivers/phy/phy-brcmstb-sata.c
index 8a2cb16a1937d..cd9dba8205668 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-brcmstb-sata.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-brcmstb-sata.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int brcm_sata_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct brcm_sata_phy *priv;
 	struct resource *res;
 	struct phy_provider *provider;
-	int count = 0;
+	int ret, count = 0;
 
 	if (of_get_child_count(dn) == 0)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -163,16 +163,19 @@ static int brcm_sata_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		if (of_property_read_u32(child, "reg", &id)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "missing reg property in node %s\n",
 					child->name);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		if (id >= MAX_PORTS) {
 			dev_err(dev, "invalid reg: %u\n", id);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 		if (priv->phys[id].phy) {
 			dev_err(dev, "already registered port %u\n", id);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		port = &priv->phys[id];
@@ -182,7 +185,8 @@ static int brcm_sata_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		port->ssc_en = of_property_read_bool(child, "brcm,enable-ssc");
 		if (IS_ERR(port->phy)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "failed to create PHY\n");
-			return PTR_ERR(port->phy);
+			ret = PTR_ERR(port->phy);
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		phy_set_drvdata(port->phy, port);
@@ -198,6 +202,9 @@ static int brcm_sata_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dev_info(dev, "registered %d port(s)\n", count);
 
 	return 0;
+put_child:
+	of_node_put(child);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static struct platform_driver brcm_sata_phy_driver = {
diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
index fc48fac003a62..8c7f27db6ad35 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
@@ -636,8 +636,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_of_phy_get);
  * @np: node containing the phy
  * @index: index of the phy
  *
- * Gets the phy using _of_phy_get(), and associates a device with it using
- * devres. On driver detach, release function is invoked on the devres data,
+ * Gets the phy using _of_phy_get(), then gets a refcount to it,
+ * and associates a device with it using devres. On driver detach,
+ * release function is invoked on the devres data,
  * then, devres data is freed.
  *
  */
@@ -651,13 +652,21 @@ struct phy *devm_of_phy_get_by_index(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	phy = _of_phy_get(np, index);
-	if (!IS_ERR(phy)) {
-		*ptr = phy;
-		devres_add(dev, ptr);
-	} else {
+	if (IS_ERR(phy)) {
 		devres_free(ptr);
+		return phy;
 	}
 
+	if (!try_module_get(phy->ops->owner)) {
+		devres_free(ptr);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+	}
+
+	get_device(&phy->dev);
+
+	*ptr = phy;
+	devres_add(dev, ptr);
+
 	return phy;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_of_phy_get_by_index);
diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-miphy28lp.c b/drivers/phy/phy-miphy28lp.c
index c47b56b4a2b88..3acd2a1808dfb 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-miphy28lp.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-miphy28lp.c
@@ -1226,15 +1226,18 @@ static int miphy28lp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 		miphy_phy = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*miphy_phy),
 					 GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!miphy_phy)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (!miphy_phy) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto put_child;
+		}
 
 		miphy_dev->phys[port] = miphy_phy;
 
 		phy = devm_phy_create(&pdev->dev, child, &miphy28lp_ops);
 		if (IS_ERR(phy)) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to create PHY\n");
-			return PTR_ERR(phy);
+			ret = PTR_ERR(phy);
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		miphy_dev->phys[port]->phy = phy;
@@ -1242,11 +1245,11 @@ static int miphy28lp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 		ret = miphy28lp_of_probe(child, miphy_phy);
 		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+			goto put_child;
 
 		ret = miphy28lp_probe_resets(child, miphy_dev->phys[port]);
 		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+			goto put_child;
 
 		phy_set_drvdata(phy, miphy_dev->phys[port]);
 		port++;
@@ -1255,6 +1258,9 @@ static int miphy28lp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	provider = devm_of_phy_provider_register(&pdev->dev, miphy28lp_xlate);
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(provider);
+put_child:
+	of_node_put(child);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id miphy28lp_of_match[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-miphy365x.c b/drivers/phy/phy-miphy365x.c
index 00a686a073ed6..e661f3b36eaa0 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-miphy365x.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-miphy365x.c
@@ -566,22 +566,25 @@ static int miphy365x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 		miphy_phy = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*miphy_phy),
 					 GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!miphy_phy)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (!miphy_phy) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto put_child;
+		}
 
 		miphy_dev->phys[port] = miphy_phy;
 
 		phy = devm_phy_create(&pdev->dev, child, &miphy365x_ops);
 		if (IS_ERR(phy)) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to create PHY\n");
-			return PTR_ERR(phy);
+			ret = PTR_ERR(phy);
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		miphy_dev->phys[port]->phy = phy;
 
 		ret = miphy365x_of_probe(child, miphy_phy);
 		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+			goto put_child;
 
 		phy_set_drvdata(phy, miphy_dev->phys[port]);
 
@@ -591,12 +594,15 @@ static int miphy365x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 					&miphy_phy->ctrlreg);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No sysconfig offset found\n");
-			return ret;
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 	}
 
 	provider = devm_of_phy_provider_register(&pdev->dev, miphy365x_xlate);
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(provider);
+put_child:
+	of_node_put(child);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id miphy365x_of_match[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-mt65xx-usb3.c b/drivers/phy/phy-mt65xx-usb3.c
index f30b28bd41fe7..e427c3b788ff3 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-mt65xx-usb3.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-mt65xx-usb3.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static int mt65xx_u3phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *sif_res;
 	struct mt65xx_u3phy *u3phy;
 	struct resource res;
-	int port;
+	int port, retval;
 
 	u3phy = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*u3phy), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!u3phy)
@@ -447,31 +447,34 @@ static int mt65xx_u3phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	for_each_child_of_node(np, child_np) {
 		struct mt65xx_phy_instance *instance;
 		struct phy *phy;
-		int retval;
 
 		instance = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*instance), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!instance)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (!instance) {
+			retval = -ENOMEM;
+			goto put_child;
+		}
 
 		u3phy->phys[port] = instance;
 
 		phy = devm_phy_create(dev, child_np, &mt65xx_u3phy_ops);
 		if (IS_ERR(phy)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "failed to create phy\n");
-			return PTR_ERR(phy);
+			retval = PTR_ERR(phy);
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		retval = of_address_to_resource(child_np, 0, &res);
 		if (retval) {
 			dev_err(dev, "failed to get address resource(id-%d)\n",
 				port);
-			return retval;
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		instance->port_base = devm_ioremap_resource(&phy->dev, &res);
 		if (IS_ERR(instance->port_base)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "failed to remap phy regs\n");
-			return PTR_ERR(instance->port_base);
+			retval = PTR_ERR(instance->port_base);
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		instance->phy = phy;
@@ -483,6 +486,9 @@ static int mt65xx_u3phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	provider = devm_of_phy_provider_register(dev, mt65xx_phy_xlate);
 
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(provider);
+put_child:
+	of_node_put(child_np);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id mt65xx_u3phy_id_table[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-rockchip-usb.c b/drivers/phy/phy-rockchip-usb.c
index 91d6f342c5659..62c43c4351943 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-rockchip-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-rockchip-usb.c
@@ -108,13 +108,16 @@ static int rockchip_usb_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	for_each_available_child_of_node(dev->of_node, child) {
 		rk_phy = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*rk_phy), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!rk_phy)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (!rk_phy) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto put_child;
+		}
 
 		if (of_property_read_u32(child, "reg", &reg_offset)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "missing reg property in node %s\n",
 				child->name);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 
 		rk_phy->reg_offset = reg_offset;
@@ -127,18 +130,22 @@ static int rockchip_usb_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		rk_phy->phy = devm_phy_create(dev, child, &ops);
 		if (IS_ERR(rk_phy->phy)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "failed to create PHY\n");
-			return PTR_ERR(rk_phy->phy);
+			err = PTR_ERR(rk_phy->phy);
+			goto put_child;
 		}
 		phy_set_drvdata(rk_phy->phy, rk_phy);
 
 		/* only power up usb phy when it use, so disable it when init*/
 		err = rockchip_usb_phy_power(rk_phy, 1);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			goto put_child;
 	}
 
 	phy_provider = devm_of_phy_provider_register(dev, of_phy_simple_xlate);
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(phy_provider);
+put_child:
+	of_node_put(child);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id rockchip_usb_phy_dt_ids[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index a5cc032ef77a8..ddbf32d599cba 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -1035,10 +1035,20 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub *hub, enum hub_activation_type type)
 	unsigned delay;
 
 	/* Continue a partial initialization */
-	if (type == HUB_INIT2)
-		goto init2;
-	if (type == HUB_INIT3)
+	if (type == HUB_INIT2 || type == HUB_INIT3) {
+		device_lock(hub->intfdev);
+
+		/* Was the hub disconnected while we were waiting? */
+		if (hub->disconnected) {
+			device_unlock(hub->intfdev);
+			kref_put(&hub->kref, hub_release);
+			return;
+		}
+		if (type == HUB_INIT2)
+			goto init2;
 		goto init3;
+	}
+	kref_get(&hub->kref);
 
 	/* The superspeed hub except for root hub has to use Hub Depth
 	 * value as an offset into the route string to locate the bits
@@ -1236,6 +1246,7 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub *hub, enum hub_activation_type type)
 			queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq,
 					&hub->init_work,
 					msecs_to_jiffies(delay));
+			device_unlock(hub->intfdev);
 			return;		/* Continues at init3: below */
 		} else {
 			msleep(delay);
@@ -1257,6 +1268,11 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub *hub, enum hub_activation_type type)
 	/* Allow autosuspend if it was suppressed */
 	if (type <= HUB_INIT3)
 		usb_autopm_put_interface_async(to_usb_interface(hub->intfdev));
+
+	if (type == HUB_INIT2 || type == HUB_INIT3)
+		device_unlock(hub->intfdev);
+
+	kref_put(&hub->kref, hub_release);
 }
 
 /* Implement the continuations for the delays above */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c
index f51a5d52c0eda..ec1b8f2c11837 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c
@@ -531,7 +531,8 @@ static int ipaq_open(struct tty_struct *tty,
 	 * through. Since this has a reasonably high failure rate, we retry
 	 * several times.
 	 */
-	while (retries--) {
+	while (retries) {
+		retries--;
 		result = usb_control_msg(serial->dev,
 				usb_sndctrlpipe(serial->dev, 0), 0x22, 0x21,
 				0x1, 0, NULL, 0, 100);