--- /dev/null
+From b8819cb8faec938fa3e3b0023e1839ee52d3af32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:41:21 +0100
+Subject: Revert "driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()"
+
+From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+This reverts commit bc82e5f4d7dc8237ae8cabc73aa46fc93c85d98c which is
+commit dc23806a7c47ec5f1293aba407fb69519f976ee0 upstream.
+
+It causes boot regressions on some systems as all of the "fixes" for
+drivers are not properly backported yet. Once that is completed, only
+then can this be applied, if really necessary given the potential for
+explosions, perhaps we might want to wait a few -rc releases first...
+
+Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
+Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) <rafael@kernel.org>
+Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
+Cc: Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
+Cc: Qiu-ji Chen <chenqiuji666@gmail.com>
+Reported-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
+Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/7dfd0e63-a725-4fac-b2a0-f2e621d99d1b@sirena.org.uk
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+---
+ drivers/base/base.h | 9 ---------
+ drivers/base/bus.c | 2 +-
+ drivers/base/dd.c | 2 +-
+ 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/base/base.h
++++ b/drivers/base/base.h
+@@ -182,18 +182,9 @@ void device_set_deferred_probe_reason(co
+ static inline int driver_match_device(const struct device_driver *drv,
+ struct device *dev)
+ {
+- device_lock_assert(dev);
+-
+ return drv->bus->match ? drv->bus->match(dev, drv) : 1;
+ }
+
+-static inline int driver_match_device_locked(const struct device_driver *drv,
+- struct device *dev)
+-{
+- guard(device)(dev);
+- return driver_match_device(drv, dev);
+-}
+-
+ static inline void dev_sync_state(struct device *dev)
+ {
+ if (dev->bus->sync_state)
+--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
++++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
+@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static ssize_t bind_store(struct device_
+ int err = -ENODEV;
+
+ dev = bus_find_device_by_name(bus, NULL, buf);
+- if (dev && driver_match_device_locked(drv, dev)) {
++ if (dev && driver_match_device(drv, dev)) {
+ err = device_driver_attach(drv, dev);
+ if (!err) {
+ /* success */
+--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
++++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
+@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ static int __driver_attach(struct device
+ * is an error.
+ */
+
+- ret = driver_match_device_locked(drv, dev);
++ ret = driver_match_device(drv, dev);
+ if (ret == 0) {
+ /* no match */
+ return 0;