--- /dev/null
+From ab48b03ec9ae1840a1e427e2375bd0d9d554b4ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>
+Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:52:34 +0100
+Subject: can: Do not call dev_put if restart timer is running upon close
+
+From: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>
+
+commit ab48b03ec9ae1840a1e427e2375bd0d9d554b4ed upstream.
+
+If the restart timer is running due to BUS-OFF and the device is
+disconnected an dev_put will decrease the usage counter to -1 thus
+blocking the interface removal, resulting in the following dmesg
+lines repeating every 10s:
+can: notifier: receive list not found for dev can0
+can: notifier: receive list not found for dev can0
+can: notifier: receive list not found for dev can0
+unregister_netdevice: waiting for can0 to become free. Usage count = -1
+
+Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>
+Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+---
+ drivers/net/can/dev.c | 3 +--
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/net/can/dev.c
++++ b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
+@@ -557,8 +557,7 @@ void close_candev(struct net_device *dev
+ {
+ struct can_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+- if (del_timer_sync(&priv->restart_timer))
+- dev_put(dev);
++ del_timer_sync(&priv->restart_timer);
+ can_flush_echo_skb(dev);
+ }
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(close_candev);