diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
index e7ddd281afff7f6ed9964c52e042e8d8393cf89a..d5cedffeeff915b7b571ae08a9298c26a3772015 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
@@ -860,11 +860,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_dev_present);
  * Return the next match of ACPI device if another matching device was present
  * at the moment of invocation, or NULL otherwise.
  *
- * FIXME: The function does not tolerate the sudden disappearance of @adev, e.g.
- * in the case of a hotplug event. That said, the caller should ensure that
- * this will never happen.
- *
  * The caller is responsible for invoking acpi_dev_put() on the returned device.
+ * On the other hand the function invokes  acpi_dev_put() on the given @adev
+ * assuming that its reference counter had been increased beforehand.
  *
  * See additional information in acpi_dev_present() as well.
  */
@@ -880,6 +878,7 @@ acpi_dev_get_next_match_dev(struct acpi_device *adev, const char *hid, const cha
 	match.hrv = hrv;
 
 	dev = bus_find_device(&acpi_bus_type, start, &match, acpi_dev_match_cb);
+	acpi_dev_put(adev);
 	return dev ? to_acpi_device(dev) : NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_dev_get_next_match_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/dev-path-parser.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/dev-path-parser.c
index 10d4457417a4ff6a3e42b6d2c39309acd8dae630..eb9c65f978419951329b9e02431c975bcceee052 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/dev-path-parser.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/dev-path-parser.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ static long __init parse_acpi_path(const struct efi_dev_path *node,
 			break;
 		if (!adev->pnp.unique_id && node->acpi.uid == 0)
 			break;
-		acpi_dev_put(adev);
 	}
 	if (!adev)
 		return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.c b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.c
index 4657e99df0339ed3a94e8541b730b0727f4642af..59a36f92267555175db081310b3a32c0b0052c6b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.c
@@ -173,10 +173,8 @@ static int cio2_bridge_connect_sensor(const struct cio2_sensor_config *cfg,
 	int ret;
 
 	for_each_acpi_dev_match(adev, cfg->hid, NULL, -1) {
-		if (!adev->status.enabled) {
-			acpi_dev_put(adev);
+		if (!adev->status.enabled)
 			continue;
-		}
 
 		if (bridge->n_sensors >= CIO2_NUM_PORTS) {
 			acpi_dev_put(adev);
@@ -185,7 +183,6 @@ static int cio2_bridge_connect_sensor(const struct cio2_sensor_config *cfg,
 		}
 
 		sensor = &bridge->sensors[bridge->n_sensors];
-		sensor->adev = adev;
 		strscpy(sensor->name, cfg->hid, sizeof(sensor->name));
 
 		ret = cio2_bridge_read_acpi_buffer(adev, "SSDB",
@@ -215,6 +212,7 @@ static int cio2_bridge_connect_sensor(const struct cio2_sensor_config *cfg,
 			goto err_free_swnodes;
 		}
 
+		sensor->adev = acpi_dev_get(adev);
 		adev->fwnode.secondary = fwnode;
 
 		dev_info(&cio2->dev, "Found supported sensor %s\n",
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index 1ae993fee4a5d479a2d659c29bbe1dad85a1e2a1..b9d434a936320bdbfaadd4d6a2ee14e45d383811 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -707,11 +707,6 @@ acpi_dev_get_first_match_dev(const char *hid, const char *uid, s64 hrv);
  * @hrv: Hardware Revision of the device, pass -1 to not check _HRV
  *
  * The caller is responsible for invoking acpi_dev_put() on the returned device.
- *
- * FIXME: Due to above requirement there is a window that may invalidate @adev
- * and next iteration will use a dangling pointer, e.g. in the case of a
- * hotplug event. That said, the caller should ensure that this will never
- * happen.
  */
 #define for_each_acpi_dev_match(adev, hid, uid, hrv)			\
 	for (adev = acpi_dev_get_first_match_dev(hid, uid, hrv);	\