diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bdeec9c10add..1968987f92d2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 64d91cfaade2155ad048fe3b65238a052e29dde4
+refs/heads/master: c290f8358acaeffd8e0c551ddcc24d1206143376
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/trunk/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 4ca4bcd28ff7..6913da8f202c 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1873,6 +1873,7 @@ static int tty_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		if (IS_ERR(tty)) {
 			tty_unlock();
 			mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);
+			tty_driver_kref_put(driver);
 			return PTR_ERR(tty);
 		}
 	}