diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index 588889bea7c3..a6e5306f725b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -420,13 +420,16 @@ aoecmd_cfg_pkts(ushort aoemajor, unsigned char aoeminor, struct sk_buff_head *qu
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_netdev_rcu(&init_net, ifp) {
 		dev_hold(ifp);
-		if (!is_aoe_netif(ifp))
-			goto cont;
+		if (!is_aoe_netif(ifp)) {
+			dev_put(ifp);
+			continue;
+		}
 
 		skb = new_skb(sizeof *h + sizeof *ch);
 		if (skb == NULL) {
 			printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: skb alloc failure\n");
-			goto cont;
+			dev_put(ifp);
+			continue;
 		}
 		skb_put(skb, sizeof *h + sizeof *ch);
 		skb->dev = ifp;
@@ -441,9 +444,6 @@ aoecmd_cfg_pkts(ushort aoemajor, unsigned char aoeminor, struct sk_buff_head *qu
 		h->major = cpu_to_be16(aoemajor);
 		h->minor = aoeminor;
 		h->cmd = AOECMD_CFG;
-
-cont:
-		dev_put(ifp);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
index 63773a90581d..1e66c7a188a1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ tx(int id) __must_hold(&txlock)
 			pr_warn("aoe: packet could not be sent on %s.  %s\n",
 				ifp ? ifp->name : "netif",
 				"consider increasing tx_queue_len");
+		dev_put(ifp);
 		spin_lock_irq(&txlock);
 	}
 	return 0;