diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
index 443591d629caadff0da53b2c861b8748e61edf7e..185f12f4a5fa21a90bbce5641b7d751722d8c9ca 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ static void l2tp_eth_delete(struct l2tp_session *session)
 		if (dev) {
 			unregister_netdev(dev);
 			spriv->dev = NULL;
+			module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ static int l2tp_eth_create(struct net *net, u32 tunnel_id, u32 session_id, u32 p
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto out_del_dev;
 
+	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 	/* Must be done after register_netdev() */
 	strlcpy(session->ifname, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);