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diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 5c4624298996..4c826b8bf9b1 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -919,14 +919,17 @@ static int rx_queue_add_kobject(struct net_device *dev, int index)
 	struct kobject *kobj = &queue->kobj;
 	int error = 0;
 
+	/* Kobject_put later will trigger rx_queue_release call which
+	 * decreases dev refcount: Take that reference here
+	 */
+	dev_hold(queue->dev);
+
 	kobj->kset = dev->queues_kset;
 	error = kobject_init_and_add(kobj, &rx_queue_ktype, NULL,
 				     "rx-%u", index);
 	if (error)
 		goto err;
 
-	dev_hold(queue->dev);
-
 	if (dev->sysfs_rx_queue_group) {
 		error = sysfs_create_group(kobj, dev->sysfs_rx_queue_group);
 		if (error)