diff --git a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
index ad86fb8..2613057 100644
--- a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ The dma_buf buffer sharing API usage contains the following steps:
    The buffer exporter announces its wish to export a buffer. In this, it
    connects its own private buffer data, provides implementation for operations
    that can be performed on the exported dma_buf, and flags for the file
-   associated with this buffer.
+   associated with this buffer. The operations structure has owner field.
+   You should initialize this to THIS_MODULE in most cases.

    Interface:
       struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export(void *priv, struct dma_buf_ops *ops,
diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-buf.c b/drivers/base/dma-buf.c
index c30f3e1..d14b2f5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dma-buf.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/dma-buf.h>
 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>

 static inline int is_dma_buf_file(struct file *);

@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ static int dma_buf_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	dmabuf = file->private_data;

 	dmabuf->ops->release(dmabuf);
+	module_put(dmabuf->ops->owner);
 	kfree(dmabuf);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export(void *priv, const struct dma_buf_ops *ops,
 	struct file *file;

 	if (WARN_ON(!priv || !ops
+			  || !ops->owner
 			  || !ops->map_dma_buf
 			  || !ops->unmap_dma_buf
 			  || !ops->release
@@ -105,9 +108,14 @@ struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export(void *priv, const struct dma_buf_ops *ops,
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}

+	if (!try_module_get(ops->owner))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
 	dmabuf = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dma_buf), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (dmabuf == NULL)
+	if (dmabuf == NULL) {
+		module_put(ops->owner);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}

 	dmabuf->priv = priv;
 	dmabuf->ops = ops;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_dmabuf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_dmabuf.c
index 613bf8a..cf3bc6d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_dmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_dmabuf.c
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ static void exynos_gem_dmabuf_kunmap(struct dma_buf *dma_buf,
 }

 static struct dma_buf_ops exynos_dmabuf_ops = {
+	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
 	.map_dma_buf		= exynos_gem_map_dma_buf,
 	.unmap_dma_buf		= exynos_gem_unmap_dma_buf,
 	.kmap			= exynos_gem_dmabuf_kmap,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_dmabuf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_dmabuf.c
index aa308e1..07ff03b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_dmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_dmabuf.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ static int i915_gem_dmabuf_mmap(struct dma_buf *dma_buf, struct vm_area_struct *
 }

 static const struct dma_buf_ops i915_dmabuf_ops =  {
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.map_dma_buf = i915_gem_map_dma_buf,
 	.unmap_dma_buf = i915_gem_unmap_dma_buf,
 	.release = i915_gem_dmabuf_release,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_prime.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_prime.c
index a25cf2c..8605033 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_prime.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_prime.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static void nouveau_gem_prime_vunmap(struct dma_buf *dma_buf, void *vaddr)
 }

 static const struct dma_buf_ops nouveau_dmabuf_ops =  {
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.map_dma_buf = nouveau_gem_map_dma_buf,
 	.unmap_dma_buf = nouveau_gem_unmap_dma_buf,
 	.release = nouveau_gem_dmabuf_release,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_prime.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_prime.c
index 6bef46a..4061fd3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_prime.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_prime.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static void radeon_gem_prime_vunmap(struct dma_buf *dma_buf, void *vaddr)
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 }
 const static struct dma_buf_ops radeon_dmabuf_ops =  {
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.map_dma_buf = radeon_gem_map_dma_buf,
 	.unmap_dma_buf = radeon_gem_unmap_dma_buf,
 	.release = radeon_gem_dmabuf_release,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c b/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c
index 42728e0..6a4dd67 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ out_unlock:
 }

 struct dma_buf_ops omap_dmabuf_ops = {
+		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.map_dma_buf = omap_gem_map_dma_buf,
 		.unmap_dma_buf = omap_gem_unmap_dma_buf,
 		.release = omap_gem_dmabuf_release,
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
index eb48f38..22953de 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct dma_buf_attachment;

 /**
  * struct dma_buf_ops - operations possible on struct dma_buf
+ * @owner: the module that implements dma_buf operations
  * @attach: [optional] allows different devices to 'attach' themselves to the
  *	    given buffer. It might return -EBUSY to signal that backing storage
  *	    is already allocated and incompatible with the requirements
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ struct dma_buf_attachment;
  * @vunmap: [optional] unmaps a vmap from the buffer
  */
 struct dma_buf_ops {
+	struct module *owner;
 	int (*attach)(struct dma_buf *, struct device *,
 			struct dma_buf_attachment *);

