diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index fa0f3c1543ba586b8a06ecdcabdb02ad60d7ec27..239dce06087236d085f34156a2ab3963f8f52c62 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -303,6 +303,10 @@ static int llc_ui_autobind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr_llc *addr)
 	sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
 	rc = 0;
 out:
+	if (rc) {
+		dev_put(llc->dev);
+		llc->dev = NULL;
+	}
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -401,6 +405,10 @@ static int llc_ui_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addrlen)
 out_put:
 	llc_sap_put(sap);
 out:
+	if (rc) {
+		dev_put(llc->dev);
+		llc->dev = NULL;
+	}
 	release_sock(sk);
 	return rc;
 }