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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index a0b67a35a5f0..3700ab4eba3e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2301,8 +2301,11 @@ static int i_ipmi_request(struct ipmi_user *user,
if (supplied_recv) {
recv_msg = supplied_recv;
recv_msg->user = user;
- if (user)
+ if (user) {
atomic_inc(&user->nr_msgs);
+ /* The put happens when the message is freed. */
+ kref_get(&user->refcount);
+ }
} else {
recv_msg = ipmi_alloc_recv_msg(user);
if (IS_ERR(recv_msg))