diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c78381403998..0e882ad4089c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: da2e852612967a53d17de930929574444a67fb52
+refs/heads/master: a06998b88b1651c5f71c0e35f528bf2057188ead
diff --git a/trunk/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c b/trunk/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
index 443591d629ca..185f12f4a5fa 100644
--- a/trunk/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
+++ b/trunk/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ static void l2tp_eth_delete(struct l2tp_session *session)
 		if (dev) {
 			unregister_netdev(dev);
 			spriv->dev = NULL;
+			module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ static int l2tp_eth_create(struct net *net, u32 tunnel_id, u32 session_id, u32 p
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto out_del_dev;
 
+	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 	/* Must be done after register_netdev() */
 	strlcpy(session->ifname, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);