diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c b/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c
index 0669fbb0ec25..07c3c3449147 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ static void usblp_cleanup(struct usblp *usblp)
 	kfree(usblp->readbuf);
 	kfree(usblp->device_id_string);
 	kfree(usblp->statusbuf);
+	usb_put_intf(usblp->intf);
 	kfree(usblp);
 }
 
@@ -1120,7 +1121,7 @@ static int usblp_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	init_waitqueue_head(&usblp->wwait);
 	init_usb_anchor(&usblp->urbs);
 	usblp->ifnum = intf->cur_altsetting->desc.bInterfaceNumber;
-	usblp->intf = intf;
+	usblp->intf = usb_get_intf(intf);
 
 	/* Malloc device ID string buffer to the largest expected length,
 	 * since we can re-query it on an ioctl and a dynamic string
@@ -1209,6 +1210,7 @@ abort:
 	kfree(usblp->readbuf);
 	kfree(usblp->statusbuf);
 	kfree(usblp->device_id_string);
+	usb_put_intf(usblp->intf);
 	kfree(usblp);
 abort_ret:
 	return retval;