diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index 240f762b374953b94cf8855823e4f10d9ff91944..103ed00775eb4a608220067a54f09a909f255e71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -719,7 +719,6 @@ int xenvif_connect_data(struct xenvif_queue *queue,
 	xenvif_unmap_frontend_data_rings(queue);
 	netif_napi_del(&queue->napi);
 err:
-	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return err;
 }