diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c
index 658f16c..13b5891 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 	sas_device_set_phy(dev, port->port);
 
 	dev->rphy = rphy;
+	get_device(&dev->rphy->dev);
 
 	if (dev_is_sata(dev) || dev->dev_type == SAS_END_DEV)
 		list_add_tail(&dev->disco_list_node, &port->disco_list);
@@ -255,6 +256,9 @@
 {
 	struct domain_device *dev = container_of(kref, typeof(*dev), kref);
 
+	put_device(&dev->rphy->dev);
+	dev->rphy = NULL;
+
 	if (dev->parent)
 		sas_put_device(dev->parent);
 
@@ -301,7 +305,6 @@
 
 		sas_remove_children(&dev->rphy->dev);
 		sas_rphy_delete(dev->rphy);
-		dev->rphy = NULL;
 		sas_unregister_common_dev(port, dev);
 	}
 }
@@ -313,11 +316,11 @@
 		/* this rphy never saw sas_rphy_add */
 		list_del_init(&dev->disco_list_node);
 		sas_rphy_free(dev->rphy);
-		dev->rphy = NULL;
 		sas_unregister_common_dev(port, dev);
+		return;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->rphy && !test_and_set_bit(SAS_DEV_DESTROY, &dev->state)) {
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(SAS_DEV_DESTROY, &dev->state)) {
 		sas_rphy_unlink(dev->rphy);
 		list_move_tail(&dev->disco_list_node, &port->destroy_list);
 		sas_discover_event(dev->port, DISCE_DESTRUCT);
@@ -417,8 +420,6 @@
 
 	if (error) {
 		sas_rphy_free(dev->rphy);
-		dev->rphy = NULL;
-
 		list_del_init(&dev->disco_list_node);
 		spin_lock_irq(&port->dev_list_lock);
 		list_del_init(&dev->dev_list_node);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
index 833bea0..37c3c3f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@
 		sas_init_dev(child);
 
 		child->rphy = rphy;
+		get_device(&rphy->dev);
 
 		list_add_tail(&child->disco_list_node, &parent->port->disco_list);
 
@@ -806,6 +807,7 @@
 		sas_init_dev(child);
 
 		child->rphy = rphy;
+		get_device(&rphy->dev);
 		sas_fill_in_rphy(child, rphy);
 
 		list_add_tail(&child->disco_list_node, &parent->port->disco_list);
@@ -830,8 +832,6 @@
 
  out_list_del:
 	sas_rphy_free(child->rphy);
-	child->rphy = NULL;
-
 	list_del(&child->disco_list_node);
 	spin_lock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
 	list_del(&child->dev_list_node);
@@ -911,6 +911,7 @@
 	}
 	port = parent->port;
 	child->rphy = rphy;
+	get_device(&rphy->dev);
 	edev = rphy_to_expander_device(rphy);
 	child->dev_type = phy->attached_dev_type;
 	kref_get(&parent->kref);
@@ -934,6 +935,7 @@
 
 	res = sas_discover_expander(child);
 	if (res) {
+		sas_rphy_delete(rphy);
 		spin_lock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
 		list_del(&child->dev_list_node);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);