diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 25fc6f8a55e4..91b457545665 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3fa63c7d82ab9a12a5d0a299069f8df9f35aa011
+refs/heads/master: 2ca7d93bb27876e5fd4ebfcb3b00627107bdad4d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/elevator.c b/trunk/drivers/block/elevator.c
index 3b652eba2d20..36f1057084b0 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/elevator.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/elevator.c
@@ -753,8 +753,10 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_store(request_queue_t *q, const char *name, size_t count)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (!strcmp(elevator_name, q->elevator->elevator_type->elevator_name))
+	if (!strcmp(elevator_name, q->elevator->elevator_type->elevator_name)) {
+		elevator_put(e);
 		return count;
+	}
 
 	elevator_switch(q, e);
 	return count;