diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f05c2a0dfa15..d6979371d425 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9ce673d5e919966efc1ef5adf20248e6ecc62724
+refs/heads/master: dcfcb256cc23c4436691b0fe677275306699d6a1
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/usb/hso.c b/trunk/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
index 746839bb89ff..43bc3fcc0d85 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ static void hso_serial_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 	/* reset the rts and dtr */
 	/* do the actual close */
 	serial->open_count--;
-	kref_put(&serial->parent->ref, hso_serial_ref_free);
+
 	if (serial->open_count <= 0) {
 		serial->open_count = 0;
 		spin_lock_irq(&serial->serial_lock);
@@ -1383,6 +1383,8 @@ static void hso_serial_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 		usb_autopm_put_interface(serial->parent->interface);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&serial->parent->mutex);
+
+	kref_put(&serial->parent->ref, hso_serial_ref_free);
 }
 
 /* close the requested serial port */