diff --git a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
index 0224df2..d72dfb2 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
@@ -611,8 +611,10 @@
 
 	/* Try to find an already-probed interface from the same device */
 	list_for_each_entry(data, &wacom_udev_list, list) {
-		if (compare_device_paths(hdev, data->dev, '/'))
+		if (compare_device_paths(hdev, data->dev, '/')) {
+			kref_get(&data->kref);
 			return data;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Fallback to finding devices that appear to be "siblings" */