transport_remove_device(dev);
        device_del(dev);
        transport_destroy_device(dev);
-       put_device(&shost->shost_gendev);
+       put_device(&shost->shost_gendev);       /* for fc_host->rport list */
+       put_device(dev);                        /* for self-reference */
 }
 
 
        else
                rport->scsi_target_id = -1;
        list_add_tail(&rport->peers, &fc_host->rports);
-       get_device(&shost->shost_gendev);
+       get_device(&shost->shost_gendev);       /* for fc_host->rport list */
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
 
        dev = &rport->dev;
-       device_initialize(dev);
-       dev->parent = get_device(&shost->shost_gendev);
+       device_initialize(dev);                 /* takes self reference */
+       dev->parent = get_device(&shost->shost_gendev); /* parent reference */
        dev->release = fc_rport_dev_release;
        sprintf(dev->bus_id, "rport-%d:%d-%d",
                shost->host_no, channel, rport->number);
 
 delete_rport:
        transport_destroy_device(dev);
-       put_device(dev->parent);
        spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
        list_del(&rport->peers);
-       put_device(&shost->shost_gendev);
+       put_device(&shost->shost_gendev);       /* for fc_host->rport list */
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
        put_device(dev->parent);
        kfree(rport);