diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index 66fbe1948fb5..553644402670 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -1688,21 +1688,17 @@ static int dcb_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	if (!tb[DCB_ATTR_IFNAME])
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	netdev = dev_get_by_name(net, nla_data(tb[DCB_ATTR_IFNAME]));
+	netdev = __dev_get_by_name(net, nla_data(tb[DCB_ATTR_IFNAME]));
 	if (!netdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (!netdev->dcbnl_ops) {
-		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!netdev->dcbnl_ops)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	reply_skb = dcbnl_newmsg(fn->type, dcb->cmd, portid, nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 				 nlh->nlmsg_flags, &reply_nlh);
-	if (!reply_skb) {
-		ret = -ENOBUFS;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!reply_skb)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
 
 	ret = fn->cb(netdev, nlh, nlh->nlmsg_seq, tb, reply_skb);
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1714,7 +1710,6 @@ static int dcb_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 
 	ret = rtnl_unicast(reply_skb, net, portid);
 out:
-	dev_put(netdev);
 	return ret;
 }