--- y/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ x/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -287,10 +287,13 @@ struct device_driver *driver_find(const
 	struct driver_private *priv;
 
 	if (k) {
+		struct device_driver *drv;
+
+		priv = to_driver(k);
+		drv = priv->driver;
 		/* Drop reference added by kset_find_obj() */
 		kobject_put(k);
-		priv = to_driver(k);
-		return priv->driver;
+		return drv;
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }