diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1d263e287b17..820296f2b66c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 50a5223428bbe77bc0f312100c950b6f4520ba34
+refs/heads/master: 7da6844cf7bc44dcda548a0a0aebf85f3a1c1485
diff --git a/trunk/fs/char_dev.c b/trunk/fs/char_dev.c
index a69a5d8a406f..3b1b1eefdbb0 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -277,8 +277,9 @@ static struct kobject *cdev_get(struct cdev *p)
 void cdev_put(struct cdev *p)
 {
 	if (p) {
+		struct module *owner = p->owner;
 		kobject_put(&p->kobj);
-		module_put(p->owner);
+		module_put(owner);
 	}
 }