diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index f320f466f03b2fe9a2c30ef139d18ab5f6ae675d..e8c42d6a7d1c01244e4dcedd585a4a2b26f4a601 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -915,9 +915,7 @@ static int phy_probe(struct device *dev)
 
 	phydev = to_phy_device(dev);
 
-	/* Make sure the driver is held.
-	 * XXX -- Is this correct? */
-	drv = get_driver(phydev->dev.driver);
+	drv = phydev->dev.driver;
 	phydrv = to_phy_driver(drv);
 	phydev->drv = phydrv;
 
@@ -957,8 +955,6 @@ static int phy_remove(struct device *dev)
 
 	if (phydev->drv->remove)
 		phydev->drv->remove(phydev);
-
-	put_driver(dev->driver);
 	phydev->drv = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c b/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
index 7cf3d2fcf56a9369209395304494d4b7699d5f6d..6f819988a8da3bc00a8ed9ddcf7717317ba76169 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static pci_ers_result_t pcifront_common_process(int cmd,
 	}
 	pdrv = pcidev->driver;
 
-	if (get_driver(&pdrv->driver)) {
+	if (pdrv->driver) {
 		if (pdrv->err_handler && pdrv->err_handler->error_detected) {
 			dev_dbg(&pcidev->dev,
 				"trying to call AER service\n");
@@ -623,7 +623,6 @@ static pci_ers_result_t pcifront_common_process(int cmd,
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		put_driver(&pdrv->driver);
 	}
 	if (!flag)
 		result = PCI_ERS_RESULT_NONE;
diff --git a/drivers/ssb/main.c b/drivers/ssb/main.c
index bb6317fb925ce922908e0053e9acc740cc7fe541..ff109ae947677d0b5c672539b1e1496d9ad1c344 100644
--- a/drivers/ssb/main.c
+++ b/drivers/ssb/main.c
@@ -140,19 +140,6 @@ static void ssb_device_put(struct ssb_device *dev)
 		put_device(dev->dev);
 }
 
-static inline struct ssb_driver *ssb_driver_get(struct ssb_driver *drv)
-{
-	if (drv)
-		get_driver(&drv->drv);
-	return drv;
-}
-
-static inline void ssb_driver_put(struct ssb_driver *drv)
-{
-	if (drv)
-		put_driver(&drv->drv);
-}
-
 static int ssb_device_resume(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct ssb_device *ssb_dev = dev_to_ssb_dev(dev);
@@ -250,11 +237,9 @@ int ssb_devices_freeze(struct ssb_bus *bus, struct ssb_freeze_context *ctx)
 			ssb_device_put(sdev);
 			continue;
 		}
-		sdrv = ssb_driver_get(drv_to_ssb_drv(sdev->dev->driver));
-		if (!sdrv || SSB_WARN_ON(!sdrv->remove)) {
-			ssb_device_put(sdev);
+		sdrv = drv_to_ssb_drv(sdev->dev->driver);
+		if (SSB_WARN_ON(!sdrv->remove))
 			continue;
-		}
 		sdrv->remove(sdev);
 		ctx->device_frozen[i] = 1;
 	}
@@ -293,7 +278,6 @@ int ssb_devices_thaw(struct ssb_freeze_context *ctx)
 				   dev_name(sdev->dev));
 			result = err;
 		}
-		ssb_driver_put(sdrv);
 		ssb_device_put(sdev);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/dma-debug.c b/lib/dma-debug.c
index fea790a2b17659e9b701987101db7929bdfbe8df..13ef2338be4150d1345a80a510d67f410a7c2c73 100644
--- a/lib/dma-debug.c
+++ b/lib/dma-debug.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static bool driver_filter(struct device *dev)
 		return false;
 
 	/* driver filter on but not yet initialized */
-	drv = get_driver(dev->driver);
+	drv = dev->driver;
 	if (!drv)
 		return false;
 
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ static bool driver_filter(struct device *dev)
 	}
 
 	read_unlock_irqrestore(&driver_name_lock, flags);
-	put_driver(drv);
 
 	return ret;
 }