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-rw-r--r--fs/char_dev.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index e82aac9cc2f..3b1b1eefdbb 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ __unregister_chrdev_region(unsigned major, unsigned baseminor, int minorct)
struct char_device_struct *cd = NULL, **cp;
int i = major_to_index(major);
- up(&chrdevs_lock);
+ down(&chrdevs_lock);
for (cp = &chrdevs[i]; *cp; cp = &(*cp)->next)
if ((*cp)->major == major &&
(*cp)->baseminor == baseminor &&
@@ -277,8 +277,9 @@ static struct kobject *cdev_get(struct cdev *p)
void cdev_put(struct cdev *p)
{
if (p) {
+ struct module *owner = p->owner;
kobject_put(&p->kobj);
- module_put(p->owner);
+ module_put(owner);
}
}