diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 037f8c98a6d3..0adfbd77437f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -1496,6 +1496,10 @@ sg_add_device(struct device *cl_dev)
 	int error;
 	unsigned long iflags;
 
+	error = scsi_device_get(scsidp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	cdev = cdev_alloc();
 	if (!cdev) {
@@ -1553,6 +1557,7 @@ cdev_add_err:
 out:
 	if (cdev)
 		cdev_del(cdev);
+	scsi_device_put(scsidp);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -1560,6 +1565,7 @@ static void
 sg_device_destroy(struct kref *kref)
 {
 	struct sg_device *sdp = container_of(kref, struct sg_device, d_ref);
+	struct request_queue *q = sdp->device->request_queue;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* CAUTION!  Note that the device can still be found via idr_find()
@@ -1567,6 +1573,9 @@ sg_device_destroy(struct kref *kref)
 	 * any other cleanup.
 	 */
 
+	blk_trace_remove(q);
+	scsi_device_put(sdp->device);
+
 	write_lock_irqsave(&sg_index_lock, flags);
 	idr_remove(&sg_index_idr, sdp->index);
 	write_unlock_irqrestore(&sg_index_lock, flags);