diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
index f145388..3557f0d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
 		goto loop;
 	}
+	aoedev_put(d);
 	if (skb) {
 		struct sk_buff_head queue;
 		__skb_queue_head_init(&queue);