diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_proc.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_proc.c
index 56672a61eb940c4b3b562f471586a351e9dd0bf6..30fe0a57f5a01967bfb0aa1358afe68e5bfcdca6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_proc.c
@@ -313,8 +313,14 @@ static int drbd_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 
 static int drbd_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	if (try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
-		return single_open(file, drbd_seq_show, PDE(inode)->data);
+	int err;
+
+	if (try_module_get(THIS_MODULE)) {
+		err = single_open(file, drbd_seq_show, PDE(inode)->data);
+		if (err)
+			module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+		return err;
+	}
 	return -ENODEV;
 }