diff -ruN dist+patches-2.4.8/drivers/scsi/scsi.c cobalt-2.4.8/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
--- dist+patches-2.4.8/drivers/scsi/scsi.c	Thu Jul 19 21:07:04 2001
+++ cobalt-2.4.8/drivers/scsi/scsi.c	Mon Aug 13 16:42:24 2001
@@ -1835,6 +1828,8 @@
 
 	pcount = next_scsi_host;
 
+	MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
+
 	/* The detect routine must carefully spinunlock/spinlock if 
 	   it enables interrupts, since all interrupt handlers do 
 	   spinlock as well.
@@ -1964,8 +1965,6 @@
 	       (scsi_init_memory_start - scsi_memory_lower_value) / 1024,
 	       (scsi_memory_upper_value - scsi_init_memory_start) / 1024);
 #endif
-
-	MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
 
 	if (out_of_space) {
 		scsi_unregister_host(tpnt);	/* easiest way to clean up?? */