1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
index 3690360d7a79..c6457bfc8a49 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
@@ -456,6 +456,10 @@ static int __scsi_host_match(struct device *dev, void *data)
  *
  * Return value:
  *      A pointer to located Scsi_Host or NULL.
+ *
+ *      The caller must do a scsi_host_put() to drop the reference
+ *      that scsi_host_get() took. The put_device() below dropped
+ *      the reference from class_find_device().
  **/
 struct Scsi_Host *scsi_host_lookup(unsigned short hostnum)
 {
@@ -463,9 +467,10 @@ struct Scsi_Host *scsi_host_lookup(unsigned short hostnum)
         struct Scsi_Host *shost = ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
 
         cdev = class_find_device(&shost_class, &hostnum, __scsi_host_match);
-        if (cdev)
+        if (cdev) {
                 shost = scsi_host_get(class_to_shost(cdev));
-
+                put_device(cdev);
+        }
         return shost;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_host_lookup);