diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 560af36055dd..35db6b7be379 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 07f623d3b278abe88508c1c59d7c1089b4a56789
+refs/heads/master: 5bd30d398792eb6351da2087fe81bbf755900991
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/netpoll.c b/trunk/net/core/netpoll.c
index a5ad1c1c4b18..a9b10048388a 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -1056,6 +1056,7 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 		err = -ENODEV;
 		goto unlock;
 	}
+	dev_hold(ndev);
 
 	if (netdev_master_upper_dev_get(ndev)) {
 		np_err(np, "%s is a slave device, aborting\n", np->dev_name);