fw_card_bm_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct fw_card *card = container_of(work, struct fw_card, work.work);
-       struct fw_device *root;
+       struct fw_device *root_device;
+       struct fw_node *root_node, *local_node;
        struct bm_data bmd;
        unsigned long flags;
        int root_id, new_root_id, irm_id, gap_count, generation, grace;
        int do_reset = 0;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&card->lock, flags);
+       local_node = card->local_node;
+       root_node  = card->root_node;
+
+       if (local_node == NULL) {
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
+               return;
+       }
+       fw_node_get(local_node);
+       fw_node_get(root_node);
 
        generation = card->generation;
-       root = card->root_node->data;
-       root_id = card->root_node->node_id;
+       root_device = root_node->data;
+       if (root_device)
+               fw_device_get(root_device);
+       root_id = root_node->node_id;
        grace = time_after(jiffies, card->reset_jiffies + DIV_ROUND_UP(HZ, 10));
 
        if (card->bm_generation + 1 == generation ||
 
                irm_id = card->irm_node->node_id;
                if (!card->irm_node->link_on) {
-                       new_root_id = card->local_node->node_id;
+                       new_root_id = local_node->node_id;
                        fw_notify("IRM has link off, making local node (%02x) root.\n",
                                  new_root_id);
                        goto pick_me;
                }
 
                bmd.lock.arg = cpu_to_be32(0x3f);
-               bmd.lock.data = cpu_to_be32(card->local_node->node_id);
+               bmd.lock.data = cpu_to_be32(local_node->node_id);
 
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
 
                         * Another bus reset happened. Just return,
                         * the BM work has been rescheduled.
                         */
-                       return;
+                       goto out;
                }
 
                if (bmd.rcode == RCODE_COMPLETE && bmd.old != 0x3f)
                        /* Somebody else is BM, let them do the work. */
-                       return;
+                       goto out;
 
                spin_lock_irqsave(&card->lock, flags);
                if (bmd.rcode != RCODE_COMPLETE) {
                         * do a bus reset and pick the local node as
                         * root, and thus, IRM.
                         */
-                       new_root_id = card->local_node->node_id;
+                       new_root_id = local_node->node_id;
                        fw_notify("BM lock failed, making local node (%02x) root.\n",
                                  new_root_id);
                        goto pick_me;
                 */
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
                schedule_delayed_work(&card->work, DIV_ROUND_UP(HZ, 10));
-               return;
+               goto out;
        }
 
        /*
         */
        card->bm_generation = generation;
 
-       if (root == NULL) {
+       if (root_device == NULL) {
                /*
                 * Either link_on is false, or we failed to read the
                 * config rom.  In either case, pick another root.
                 */
-               new_root_id = card->local_node->node_id;
-       } else if (atomic_read(&root->state) != FW_DEVICE_RUNNING) {
+               new_root_id = local_node->node_id;
+       } else if (atomic_read(&root_device->state) != FW_DEVICE_RUNNING) {
                /*
                 * If we haven't probed this device yet, bail out now
                 * and let's try again once that's done.
                 */
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
-               return;
-       } else if (root->config_rom[2] & BIB_CMC) {
+               goto out;
+       } else if (root_device->config_rom[2] & BIB_CMC) {
                /*
                 * FIXME: I suppose we should set the cmstr bit in the
                 * STATE_CLEAR register of this node, as described in
                 * successfully read the config rom, but it's not
                 * cycle master capable.
                 */
-               new_root_id = card->local_node->node_id;
+               new_root_id = local_node->node_id;
        }
 
  pick_me:
         * the typically much larger 1394b beta repeater delays though.
         */
        if (!card->beta_repeaters_present &&
-           card->root_node->max_hops < ARRAY_SIZE(gap_count_table))
-               gap_count = gap_count_table[card->root_node->max_hops];
+           root_node->max_hops < ARRAY_SIZE(gap_count_table))
+               gap_count = gap_count_table[root_node->max_hops];
        else
                gap_count = 63;
 
                fw_send_phy_config(card, new_root_id, generation, gap_count);
                fw_core_initiate_bus_reset(card, 1);
        }
+ out:
+       if (root_device)
+               fw_device_put(root_device);
+       fw_node_put(root_node);
+       fw_node_put(local_node);
 }
 
 static void