diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d4f83c944b83..540cfa3d58d7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 41fef0ee7b8f3fe3f3dd2ddc9b170f3d88bce595
+refs/heads/master: e544ff00da4b53069dbca3debbfb02d455f72467
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c
index b5860b97a93e..24fd613466b7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ static void __exit lapbeth_cleanup_driver(void)
 	list_for_each_safe(entry, tmp, &lapbeth_devices) {
 		lapbeth = list_entry(entry, struct lapbethdev, node);
 
+		dev_put(lapbeth->ethdev);
 		unregister_netdevice(lapbeth->axdev);
 	}
 	rtnl_unlock();