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-rw-r--r--net/core/net-sysfs.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 5c4624298996..4c826b8bf9b1 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -919,14 +919,17 @@ static int rx_queue_add_kobject(struct net_device *dev, int index)
struct kobject *kobj = &queue->kobj;
int error = 0;
+ /* Kobject_put later will trigger rx_queue_release call which
+ * decreases dev refcount: Take that reference here
+ */
+ dev_hold(queue->dev);
+
kobj->kset = dev->queues_kset;
error = kobject_init_and_add(kobj, &rx_queue_ktype, NULL,
"rx-%u", index);
if (error)
goto err;
- dev_hold(queue->dev);
-
if (dev->sysfs_rx_queue_group) {
error = sysfs_create_group(kobj, dev->sysfs_rx_queue_group);
if (error)