diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
index c4bfadbe63c9..6c4facf4f41a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int usbtv_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	if (usbtv == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	usbtv->dev = dev;
-	usbtv->udev = usb_get_dev(interface_to_usbdev(intf));
+	usbtv->udev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
 
 	usbtv->iso_size = size;
 
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ static int usbtv_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 usbtv_video_fail:
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
-	usb_put_dev(usbtv->udev);
 	kfree(usbtv);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ static void usbtv_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	usbtv_audio_free(usbtv);
 	usbtv_video_free(usbtv);
 
-	usb_put_dev(usbtv->udev);
 	usbtv->udev = NULL;
 
 	/* the usbtv structure will be deallocated when v4l2 will be