1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 5ecea812cb6a..585845203db8 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3000,8 +3000,10 @@ static int kvm_ioctl_create_device(struct kvm *kvm,
         if (ops->init)
                 ops->init(dev);
 
+        kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
         ret = anon_inode_getfd(ops->name, &kvm_device_fops, dev, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
         if (ret < 0) {
+                kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
                 mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
                 list_del(&dev->vm_node);
                 mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
@@ -3009,7 +3011,6 @@ static int kvm_ioctl_create_device(struct kvm *kvm,
                 return ret;
         }
 
-        kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
         cd->fd = ret;
         return 0;
 }