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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/synclink_gt.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
index bbb7f1292665..2f97d2f8f916 100644
--- a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
@@ -1565,6 +1565,9 @@ static int hdlcdev_open(struct net_device *dev)
int rc;
unsigned long flags;
+ if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
+ return -EBUSY;
+
DBGINFO(("%s hdlcdev_open\n", dev->name));
/* generic HDLC layer open processing */
@@ -1634,6 +1637,7 @@ static int hdlcdev_close(struct net_device *dev)
info->netcount=0;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&info->netlock, flags);
+ module_put(THIS_MODULE);
return 0;
}