diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c b/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c index 5d914d30e0b14ce34b4d959b6641c1fbcb7fdd14..397ca126d9a236bd7b16a386f462bf1bbe8fd834 100644 --- a/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c +++ b/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c @@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ int ieee802154_add_iface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) rc = PTR_ERR(dev); goto nla_put_failure; } + dev_hold(dev); if (info->attrs[IEEE802154_ATTR_HW_ADDR]) { struct sockaddr addr; diff --git a/net/mac802154/iface.c b/net/mac802154/iface.c index fced04b052755fcdfb5e7509d6b1f3c099d60662..78cb38124a2a0022d1bd51749ea43b90f7454ee7 100644 --- a/net/mac802154/iface.c +++ b/net/mac802154/iface.c @@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ ieee802154_if_add(struct ieee802154_local *local, const char *name, if (err) goto err_free; - dev_hold(dev); /* we return an incremented device refcount */ return dev; err_free: