diff --git a/sound/core/init.c b/sound/core/init.c
index 2f7f83a7611b..d05bea3c87f5 100644
--- a/sound/core/init.c
+++ b/sound/core/init.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int snd_card_init(struct snd_card *card, struct device *parent,
 			kfree(card); /* manually free here, as no destructor called */
 		return err;
 	}
-	card->dev = parent;
+	card->dev = get_device(parent);
 	card->number = idx;
 	WARN_ON(IS_MODULE(CONFIG_SND) && !module);
 	card->module = module;
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ static int snd_card_do_free(struct snd_card *card)
 		dev_warn(card->dev, "unable to free card info\n");
 		/* Not fatal error */
 	}
+	put_device(card->dev);
 	if (card->release_completion)
 		complete(card->release_completion);
 	if (!managed)