diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
index fb7f9fb6d8b8..900f0edae2e4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -841,9 +841,11 @@ static void __exit zram_exit(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < num_devices; i++) {
 		zram = &zram_devices[i];
 
+		get_disk(zram->disk);
 		destroy_device(zram);
 		if (zram->init_done)
 			zram_reset_device(zram);
+		put_disk(zram->disk);
 	}
 
 	unregister_blkdev(zram_major, "zram");