diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v2/ipa.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v2/ipa.c
index c968eeec43a2..8bc0a9fc38d5 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v2/ipa.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v2/ipa.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2012-2015, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2012-2016, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -1609,6 +1609,7 @@ int ipa_q6_monitor_holb_mitigation(bool enable)
 	int ep_idx;
 	int client_idx;
 
+	IPA2_ACTIVE_CLIENTS_INC_SIMPLE();
 	for (client_idx = 0; client_idx < IPA_CLIENT_MAX; client_idx++) {
 		if (IPA_CLIENT_IS_Q6_NON_ZIP_CONS(client_idx)) {
 			ep_idx = ipa2_get_ep_mapping(client_idx);
@@ -1620,6 +1621,7 @@ int ipa_q6_monitor_holb_mitigation(bool enable)
 			ipa_uc_monitor_holb(client_idx, enable);
 		}
 	}
+	IPA2_ACTIVE_CLIENTS_DEC_SIMPLE();
 
 	return 0;
 }