diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c1a80aa8ea75..a71559cc71d2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 92b93d31718a3ccbbcf911d2f570bb345c496d66
+refs/heads/master: 104326f8df9925317cca64b84249d3eac5de7c74
diff --git a/trunk/sound/core/hwdep.c b/trunk/sound/core/hwdep.c
index 9aa9d94891f0..46b47689362c 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/core/hwdep.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/core/hwdep.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ static int snd_hwdep_release(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
 {
 	int err = -ENXIO;
 	struct snd_hwdep *hw = file->private_data;
+	struct module *mod = hw->card->module;
 	mutex_lock(&hw->open_mutex);
 	if (hw->ops.release) {
 		err = hw->ops.release(hw, file);
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ static int snd_hwdep_release(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
 		hw->used--;
 	snd_card_file_remove(hw->card, file);
 	mutex_unlock(&hw->open_mutex);
-	module_put(hw->card->module);
+	module_put(mod);
 	return err;
 }