1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/zmii.c b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/zmii.c
index 2219ec2740e0..2ea472aeab06 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/zmii.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/zmii.c
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
  *
  * Driver for PowerPC 4xx on-chip ethernet controller, ZMII bridge support.
  *
+ * Copyright 2007 Benjamin Herrenschmidt, IBM Corp.
+ *                <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
+ *
+ * Based on the arch/ppc version of the driver:
+ *
  * Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Zultys Technologies.
  * Eugene Surovegin <eugene.surovegin@zultys.com> or <ebs@ebshome.net>
  *
@@ -83,12 +88,14 @@ 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);