diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index d13bb15a8a02981f69706048d32bfc64b83b73c1..4510ad8f971c366f4979403f4b0e13075f9d944b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -606,9 +606,14 @@ static struct hash_cell *__find_device_hash_cell(struct dm_ioctl *param)
 		return __get_name_cell(param->name);
 
 	md = dm_get_md(huge_decode_dev(param->dev));
-	if (md)
-		mdptr = dm_get_mdptr(md);
+	if (!md)
+		goto out;
 
+	mdptr = dm_get_mdptr(md);
+	if (!mdptr)
+		dm_put(md);
+
+out:
 	return mdptr;
 }