diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5738599eeba2..e9f8e881414d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 57e4f041bfffa191a318dab44eb991d79a6a9d5c
+refs/heads/master: 5b06470816fb5e658e81db2a55b530ff2ba711c9
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c b/trunk/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c
index 296b091cf168..46929a1b6f24 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c
@@ -90,13 +90,15 @@ static int skel_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
+	/* increment our usage count for the device */
+	kref_get(&dev->kref);
+
 	/* prevent the device from being autosuspended */
 	retval = usb_autopm_get_interface(interface);
-	if (retval)
+	if (retval) {
+		kref_put(&dev->kref, skel_delete);
 		goto exit;
-
-	/* increment our usage count for the device */
-	kref_get(&dev->kref);
+	}
 
 	/* save our object in the file's private structure */
 	file->private_data = dev;