diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mvusb.c b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mvusb.c
index 554837c21e73..86786ecaa4b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mvusb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mvusb.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static int mvusb_mdio_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 	struct device *dev = &interface->dev;
 	struct mvusb_mdio *mvusb;
 	struct mii_bus *mdio;
-	int ret;
 
 	mdio = devm_mdiobus_alloc_size(dev, sizeof(*mvusb));
 	if (!mdio)
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ static int mvusb_mdio_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 
 	mvusb = mdio->priv;
 	mvusb->mdio = mdio;
-	mvusb->udev = usb_get_dev(interface_to_usbdev(interface));
+	mvusb->udev = interface_to_usbdev(interface);
 
 	/* Reversed from USB PCAPs, no idea what these mean. */
 	mvusb->buf[MVUSB_CMD_PREAMBLE0] = cpu_to_le16(0xe800);
@@ -88,25 +87,16 @@ static int mvusb_mdio_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 	mdio->write = mvusb_mdio_write;
 
 	usb_set_intfdata(interface, mvusb);
-	ret = of_mdiobus_register(mdio, dev->of_node);
-	if (ret)
-		goto put_dev;
 
-	return 0;
-
-put_dev:
-	usb_put_dev(mvusb->udev);
-	return ret;
+	return of_mdiobus_register(mdio, dev->of_node);
 }
 
 static void mvusb_mdio_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
 {
 	struct mvusb_mdio *mvusb = usb_get_intfdata(interface);
-	struct usb_device *udev = mvusb->udev;
 
 	mdiobus_unregister(mvusb->mdio);
 	usb_set_intfdata(interface, NULL);
-	usb_put_dev(udev);
 }
 
 static struct usb_driver mvusb_mdio_driver = {