diff --git a/net/tipc/topsrv.c b/net/tipc/topsrv.c
index 88e8e8d69b60..820bed3b9cc5 100644
--- a/net/tipc/topsrv.c
+++ b/net/tipc/topsrv.c
@@ -699,8 +699,10 @@ static void tipc_topsrv_stop(struct net *net)
 	for (id = 0; srv->idr_in_use; id++) {
 		con = idr_find(&srv->conn_idr, id);
 		if (con) {
+			conn_get(con);
 			spin_unlock_bh(&srv->idr_lock);
 			tipc_conn_close(con);
+			conn_put(con);
 			spin_lock_bh(&srv->idr_lock);
 		}
 	}