1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c b/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
index bd0fc67e804b..fa0728232e71 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ leave:
 static int watchdog_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
         struct fschmd_data *pos, *data = NULL;
+        int watchdog_is_open;
 
         /* We get called from drivers/char/misc.c with misc_mtx hold, and we
            call misc_register() from fschmd_probe() with watchdog_data_mutex
@@ -782,10 +783,12 @@ static int watchdog_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
                 }
         }
         /* Note we can never not have found data, so we don't check for this */
-        kref_get(&data->kref);
+        watchdog_is_open = test_and_set_bit(0, &data->watchdog_is_open);
+        if (!watchdog_is_open)
+                kref_get(&data->kref);
         mutex_unlock(&watchdog_data_mutex);
 
-        if (test_and_set_bit(0, &data->watchdog_is_open))
+        if (watchdog_is_open)
                 return -EBUSY;
 
         /* Start the watchdog */