diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0bccbcf00340..56ec90b968f7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7466a38478a30d5f7248134c9bdcb4e1c01fe4d9
+refs/heads/master: e513480e28cdfd868755f05c1a654fcfcee58070
diff --git a/trunk/net/phonet/pep.c b/trunk/net/phonet/pep.c
index af4d38bc3b22..7b048a35ca58 100644
--- a/trunk/net/phonet/pep.c
+++ b/trunk/net/phonet/pep.c
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ static void pep_sock_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 	struct pep_sock *pn = pep_sk(sk);
 	int ifindex = 0;
 
+	sock_hold(sk); /* keep a reference after sk_common_release() */
 	sk_common_release(sk);
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
@@ -644,6 +645,7 @@ static void pep_sock_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 
 	if (ifindex)
 		gprs_detach(sk);
+	sock_put(sk);
 }
 
 static int pep_wait_connreq(struct sock *sk, int noblock)