diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 19dd474cbfff..13d16dfc1df5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1de14c3c5cbc9bb17e9dcc648cda51c0c85d54b9
+refs/heads/master: a49b7e82cab0f9b41f483359be83f44fbb6b4979
diff --git a/trunk/lib/kobject.c b/trunk/lib/kobject.c
index e07ee1fcd6f1..a65486613d79 100644
--- a/trunk/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/trunk/lib/kobject.c
@@ -529,6 +529,13 @@ struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
 	return kobj;
 }
 
+static struct kobject *kobject_get_unless_zero(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&kobj->kref))
+		kobj = NULL;
+	return kobj;
+}
+
 /*
  * kobject_cleanup - free kobject resources.
  * @kobj: object to cleanup
@@ -751,7 +758,7 @@ struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *kset, const char *name)
 
 	list_for_each_entry(k, &kset->list, entry) {
 		if (kobject_name(k) && !strcmp(kobject_name(k), name)) {
-			ret = kobject_get(k);
+			ret = kobject_get_unless_zero(k);
 			break;
 		}
 	}