diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d3304b0d9191..fcb8ea9b34d8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d1d18b30f099fdfd688a34325a02a806ea86c5a2
+refs/heads/master: b4fafbe97f9548f49b9338537c25a3db451b8508
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 5989b3fa9fdc..1f53675a1d6a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -7758,6 +7758,8 @@ static pci_ers_result_t ixgbe_io_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		if (vfdev) {
 			e_dev_err("Issuing VFLR to VF %d\n", vf);
 			pci_write_config_dword(vfdev, 0xA8, 0x00008000);
+			/* Free device reference count */
+			pci_dev_put(vfdev);
 		}
 
 		pci_cleanup_aer_uncorrect_error_status(pdev);