diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 400d5996f9b1..a876833b8a91 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e2e77098764636456ba7092a8b3b3b34b2a8e8d8
+refs/heads/master: d98808a253f209465ed9f415c565f4c294a213b8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/trunk/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index f176dbaeb15a..3fcf80ff12f2 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ static int pp_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			return -ENODEV;
 
 		modes = port->modes;
+		parport_put_port(port);
 		if (copy_to_user (argp, &modes, sizeof (modes))) {
 			return -EFAULT;
 		}