diff --git a/net/x25/x25_link.c b/net/x25/x25_link.c
index 73e7b954ad288229df4d03bc164f07da183444cc..b25c6463c3e996cf536454603f4f0257f3b8b51c 100644
--- a/net/x25/x25_link.c
+++ b/net/x25/x25_link.c
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ void __exit x25_link_free(void)
 	list_for_each_safe(entry, tmp, &x25_neigh_list) {
 		nb = list_entry(entry, struct x25_neigh, node);
 		__x25_remove_neigh(nb);
+		dev_put(nb->dev);
 	}
 	write_unlock_bh(&x25_neigh_list_lock);
 }