diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 86b2acfba1a7..e87507d29895 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8228,7 +8228,7 @@ static void *md_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 
 	if (to_put)
-		mddev_put(mddev);
+		mddev_put(to_put);
 	return next_mddev;
 
 }