Driver core holds a reference to the USB interface and its parent USB device while the interface is bound to a driver and there is no need to take additional references unless the structures are needed after disconnect. Drop the redundant device reference to reduce cargo culting, make it easier to spot drivers where an extra reference is needed, and reduce the risk of memory leaks when drivers fail to release it. Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260430083335.215239-3-johan@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>