1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev.c b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
index 963e2ccd10db..8233e5ed2939 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
@@ -609,8 +609,7 @@ void close_candev(struct net_device *dev)
 {
         struct can_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-        if (del_timer_sync(&priv->restart_timer))
-                dev_put(dev);
+        del_timer_sync(&priv->restart_timer);
         can_flush_echo_skb(dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(close_candev);