diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cb81cf14bf2b..050bff321173 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b8a623bf836ccfab09a5a6daf62116f455082e6e
+refs/heads/master: d0490cfdf440fded2c292cfb8bb9272fc9ef6943
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/trunk/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 630a56df7b47..99508d66a642 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -483,8 +483,10 @@ static int vif_add(struct net *net, struct vifctl *vifc, int mrtsock)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if ((in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev)) == NULL)
+	if ((in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev)) == NULL) {
+		dev_put(dev);
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+	}
 	IPV4_DEVCONF(in_dev->cnf, MC_FORWARDING)++;
 	ip_rt_multicast_event(in_dev);