diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index ac85ec73a409..2362397b0808 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -646,6 +646,15 @@ static void __mddev_put(struct mddev *mddev)
 	 * Call queue_work inside the spinlock so that flush_workqueue() after
 	 * mddev_find will succeed in waiting for the work to be done.
 	 */
+	{
+		const int ref = refcount_read(&mddev->kobj.kref.refcount);
+
+		pr_warn("%s %s (%px) %d\n", __func__, mddev->kobj.name, &mddev->kobj, ref);
+		if (!ref)
+			BUG();
+		else
+			dump_stack();
+	}
 	queue_work(md_misc_wq, &mddev->del_work);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index abe5f5b856ce..028909882389 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -641,6 +641,13 @@ struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
 				"kobject: '%s' (%p): is not initialized, yet kobject_get() is being called.\n",
 			     kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
 		kref_get(&kobj->kref);
+		if (kobj->name && kobj->name[0] == 'm' && kobj->name[1] == 'd' &&
+		    kobj->name[2] >= '0' && kobj->name[2] <= '9') {
+			const int ref = refcount_read(&kobj->kref.refcount);
+
+			pr_warn("%s %s (%px) %d->%d\n", __func__, kobj->name, kobj, ref - 1, ref);
+			dump_stack();
+		}
 	}
 	return kobj;
 }
@@ -652,6 +659,13 @@ struct kobject * __must_check kobject_get_unless_zero(struct kobject *kobj)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&kobj->kref))
 		kobj = NULL;
+	if (kobj && kobj->name && kobj->name[0] == 'm' && kobj->name[1] == 'd' &&
+	    kobj->name[2] >= '0' && kobj->name[2] <= '9') {
+		const int ref = refcount_read(&kobj->kref.refcount);
+
+		pr_warn("%s %s (%px) %d->%d\n", __func__, kobj->name, kobj, ref - 1, ref);
+		dump_stack();
+	}
 	return kobj;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_get_unless_zero);
@@ -734,6 +748,13 @@ void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj)
 			WARN(1, KERN_WARNING
 				"kobject: '%s' (%p): is not initialized, yet kobject_put() is being called.\n",
 			     kobject_name(kobj), kobj);
+		if (kobj->name && kobj->name[0] == 'm' && kobj->name[1] == 'd' &&
+		    kobj->name[2] >= '0' && kobj->name[2] <= '9') {
+			const int ref = refcount_read(&kobj->kref.refcount);
+
+			pr_warn("%s %s (%px) %d->%d\n", __func__, kobj->name, kobj, ref, ref - 1);
+			dump_stack();
+		}
 		kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release);
 	}
 }