diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c
index 0fe7b2f2e7f5..c533d1dadc6b 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c
@@ -825,13 +825,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ccw_device_get_chid);
  */
 void *ccw_device_dma_zalloc(struct ccw_device *cdev, size_t size)
 {
-	return cio_gp_dma_zalloc(cdev->private->dma_pool, &cdev->dev, size);
+	void *addr;
+
+	if (!get_device(&cdev->dev))
+		return NULL;
+	addr = cio_gp_dma_zalloc(cdev->private->dma_pool, &cdev->dev, size);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(addr))
+		put_device(&cdev->dev);
+	return addr;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ccw_device_dma_zalloc);
 
 void ccw_device_dma_free(struct ccw_device *cdev, void *cpu_addr, size_t size)
 {
+	if (!cpu_addr)
+		return;
 	cio_gp_dma_free(cdev->private->dma_pool, cpu_addr, size);
+	put_device(&cdev->dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ccw_device_dma_free);