diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c
index 8194a970f002..d1c354636315 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c
@@ -1662,6 +1662,7 @@ static void destroy_sysfs(struct rnbd_clt_dev *dev,
 			/* To avoid deadlock firstly remove itself */
 			sysfs_remove_file_self(&dev->kobj, sysfs_self);
 		kobject_del(&dev->kobj);
+		kobject_put(&dev->kobj);
 	}
 }