diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index edfd6f3a9595..e3d762fd2888 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 884d25cc4fda20908fd4ef93dbb41d817984b68b
+refs/heads/master: f479ab87936563a286b8aa0e39003c40fa31c6da
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
index eedfd059b82b..c35f5fc0d668 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
@@ -873,10 +873,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_device_get);
  */
 void scsi_device_put(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
+	struct module *module = sdev->host->hostt->module;
+
 	/* The module refcount will be zero if scsi_device_get()
 	 * was called from a module removal routine */
-	if (likely(module_refcount(sdev->host->hostt->module) != 0))
-		module_put(sdev->host->hostt->module);
+	if (module && module_refcount(module) != 0)
+		module_put(module);
 	put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_device_put);