lib/kobject.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index e07ee1fcd6f1..8d35fa0d2c15 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -525,7 +525,8 @@ void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj)
 struct kobject *kobject_get(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	if (kobj)
-		kref_get(&kobj->kref);
+		if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&kobj->kref.refcount))
+			kobj = NULL;
 	return kobj;
 }