diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8f66baab23e0..c2d50d6e86b8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9ebfbd45f9d4ee9cd72529cf99e5f300eb398e67
+refs/heads/master: 18ef545e47c126abd87c013b762b5fbb574858ce
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/base/core.c b/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
index 0d3c29d72215..353b13782165 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1730,8 +1730,5 @@ void device_shutdown(void)
 			dev->driver->shutdown(dev);
 		}
 	}
-	kobject_put(sysfs_dev_char_kobj);
-	kobject_put(sysfs_dev_block_kobj);
-	kobject_put(dev_kobj);
 	async_synchronize_full();
 }