diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 16b8cc0baafe..4e36cd364b10 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c43c5f39584c0f388a7e5372312c2c48221a4415
+refs/heads/master: aef950b4ba3196622a5bd5e21ab1d63f30658285
diff --git a/trunk/net/packet/af_packet.c b/trunk/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 3891702b81df..d9d4970b9b07 100644
--- a/trunk/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/trunk/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2448,8 +2448,12 @@ static int packet_do_bind(struct sock *sk, struct net_device *dev, __be16 protoc
 {
 	struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
 
-	if (po->fanout)
+	if (po->fanout) {
+		if (dev)
+			dev_put(dev);
+
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	lock_sock(sk);