1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c b/crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c
index 8cfac182165d..43fe4cbe71e6 100644
--- a/crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c
+++ b/crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ dma_channel_add_remove(struct dma_client *client,
                 /* add the channel to the generic management list */
                 master_ref = kmalloc(sizeof(*master_ref), GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (master_ref) {
-                        /* keep a reference until async_tx is unloaded */
-                        dma_chan_get(chan);
                         init_dma_chan_ref(master_ref, chan);
                         spin_lock_irqsave(&async_tx_lock, flags);
                         list_add_tail_rcu(&master_ref->node,
@@ -221,8 +219,6 @@ dma_channel_add_remove(struct dma_client *client,
                 spin_lock_irqsave(&async_tx_lock, flags);
                 list_for_each_entry(ref, &async_tx_master_list, node)
                         if (ref->chan == chan) {
-                                /* permit backing devices to go away */
-                                dma_chan_put(ref->chan);
                                 list_del_rcu(&ref->node);
                                 call_rcu(&ref->rcu, free_dma_chan_ref);
                                 found = 1;