out_device_destroy:
        scsi_device_set_state(sdev, SDEV_DEL);
        transport_destroy_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
+       put_device(&sdev->sdev_dev);
        put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 out:
        if (display_failure_msg)
        if (sdev->host->hostt->slave_destroy)
                sdev->host->hostt->slave_destroy(sdev);
        transport_destroy_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
+       put_device(&sdev->sdev_dev);
        put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 }
 
 
                goto clean_device;
        }
 
-       /* take a reference for the sdev_dev; this is
-        * released by the sdev_class .release */
-       get_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
-
        /* create queue files, which may be writable, depending on the host */
        if (sdev->host->hostt->change_queue_depth)
                error = device_create_file(&sdev->sdev_gendev, &sdev_attr_queue_depth_rw);
 
        device_del(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
        transport_destroy_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
+       put_device(&sdev->sdev_dev);
        put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 
        return error;
                     sdev->host->host_no, sdev->channel, sdev->id, sdev->lun);
 
        device_initialize(&sdev->sdev_dev);
-       sdev->sdev_dev.parent = &sdev->sdev_gendev;
+       sdev->sdev_dev.parent = get_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
        sdev->sdev_dev.class = &sdev_class;
        dev_set_name(&sdev->sdev_dev, "%d:%d:%d:%d",
                     sdev->host->host_no, sdev->channel, sdev->id, sdev->lun);