1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/zmii.c b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/zmii.c
index 2219ec2740e0..0f8cfbc0c618 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/zmii.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/zmii.c
@@ -83,12 +83,14 @@ int __devinit zmii_attach(struct of_device *ofdev, int input, int *mode)
 
         ZMII_DBG(dev, "init(%d, %d)" NL, input, *mode);
 
-        if (!zmii_valid_mode(*mode))
+        if (!zmii_valid_mode(*mode)) {
                 /* Probably an EMAC connected to RGMII,
                  * but it still may need ZMII for MDIO so
                  * we don't fail here.
                  */
+                dev->users++;
                 return 0;
+        }
 
         mutex_lock(&dev->lock);