diff --git a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c
index 99562cee827e7c6af548ec2f889b3fc769dd9213..b32984bc516ff271cacbe72b56a60350bef63868 100644
--- a/drivers/input/evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static void evdev_free(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct evdev *evdev = container_of(dev, struct evdev, dev);
 
+	input_put_device(evdev->handle.dev);
 	kfree(evdev);
 }
 
@@ -853,9 +854,6 @@ static void evdev_cleanup(struct evdev *evdev)
 	evdev_hangup(evdev);
 	evdev_remove_chrdev(evdev);
 
-	if (evdev->grab)
-		evdev_ungrab(evdev, evdev->grab);
-
 	/* evdev is marked dead so no one else accesses evdev->open */
 	if (evdev->open) {
 		input_flush_device(handle, NULL);
@@ -896,7 +894,7 @@ static int evdev_connect(struct input_handler *handler, struct input_dev *dev,
 	evdev->exist = 1;
 	evdev->minor = minor;
 
-	evdev->handle.dev = dev;
+	evdev->handle.dev = input_get_device(dev);
 	evdev->handle.name = evdev->name;
 	evdev->handle.handler = handler;
 	evdev->handle.private = evdev;
diff --git a/drivers/input/joydev.c b/drivers/input/joydev.c
index 22b2789ef58ad17e30299f5fcbc7f5587d11dba9..65d7077a75a19202288d4bc4484c19ca9b93c5c2 100644
--- a/drivers/input/joydev.c
+++ b/drivers/input/joydev.c
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static void joydev_free(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct joydev *joydev = container_of(dev, struct joydev, dev);
 
+	input_put_device(joydev->handle.dev);
 	kfree(joydev);
 }
 
@@ -750,7 +751,7 @@ static int joydev_connect(struct input_handler *handler, struct input_dev *dev,
 	joydev->minor = minor;
 
 	joydev->exist = 1;
-	joydev->handle.dev = dev;
+	joydev->handle.dev = input_get_device(dev);
 	joydev->handle.name = joydev->name;
 	joydev->handle.handler = handler;
 	joydev->handle.private = joydev;
diff --git a/drivers/input/mousedev.c b/drivers/input/mousedev.c
index bbbe5e81adc1036d224925e4809ba05bd0fc22a5..b989748598ae2191cc58f806eb11a19290b847fe 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mousedev.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mousedev.c
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ static void mousedev_free(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct mousedev *mousedev = container_of(dev, struct mousedev, dev);
 
+	input_put_device(mousedev->handle.dev);
 	kfree(mousedev);
 }
 
@@ -865,7 +866,7 @@ static struct mousedev *mousedev_create(struct input_dev *dev,
 
 	mousedev->minor = minor;
 	mousedev->exist = 1;
-	mousedev->handle.dev = dev;
+	mousedev->handle.dev = input_get_device(dev);
 	mousedev->handle.name = mousedev->name;
 	mousedev->handle.handler = handler;
 	mousedev->handle.private = mousedev;
diff --git a/include/linux/input.h b/include/linux/input.h
index 1bdc39a8c76c6a0916af7b6698fdcd219a26c1fb..cae2c35d1206593bc6a3154e44ae47ef1db6fb75 100644
--- a/include/linux/input.h
+++ b/include/linux/input.h
@@ -1227,12 +1227,13 @@ void input_free_device(struct input_dev *dev);
 
 static inline struct input_dev *input_get_device(struct input_dev *dev)
 {
-	return to_input_dev(get_device(&dev->dev));
+	return dev ? to_input_dev(get_device(&dev->dev)) : NULL;
 }
 
 static inline void input_put_device(struct input_dev *dev)
 {
-	put_device(&dev->dev);
+	if (dev)
+		put_device(&dev->dev);
 }
 
 static inline void *input_get_drvdata(struct input_dev *dev)