diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
index e028854..9b38299 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
@@ -986,9 +986,9 @@
 		return -ENXIO;
 	if (!get_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev))
 		return -ENXIO;
-	/* We can fail this if we're doing SCSI operations
+	/* We can fail try_module_get if we're doing SCSI operations
 	 * from module exit (like cache flush) */
-	try_module_get(sdev->host->hostt->module);
+	__module_get(sdev->host->hostt->module);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1004,14 +1004,7 @@
  */
 void scsi_device_put(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
-	struct module *module = sdev->host->hostt->module;
-
-	/* The module refcount will be zero if scsi_device_get()
-	 * was called from a module removal routine */
-	if (module && module_refcount(module) != 0)
-		module_put(module);
-#endif
+	module_put(sdev->host->hostt->module);
 	put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_device_put);