diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/core.c b/drivers/staging/most/core.c
index d0fe873ce67a..da79076e03d4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/most/core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/most/core.c
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ static struct most_channel *get_channel(char *mdev, char *mdev_ch)
 	dev = bus_find_device_by_name(&mc.bus, NULL, mdev);
 	if (!dev)
 		return NULL;
+	put_device(dev);
 	iface = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(c, tmp, &iface->p->channel_list, list) {
 		if (!strcmp(dev_name(&c->dev), mdev_ch))