diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 9db11911e04b7b55df05fd9f928f5629fe46430d..d5fcd24e5aff89c907fed9eee605647a48759db4 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ static void free_notes_attrs(struct module_notes_attrs *notes_attrs,
 		while (i-- > 0)
 			sysfs_remove_bin_file(notes_attrs->dir,
 					      &notes_attrs->attrs[i]);
-		kobject_del(notes_attrs->dir);
+		kobject_put(notes_attrs->dir);
 	}
 	kfree(notes_attrs);
 }