diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
index d664c4650b2dd3c7a9d312d7d94ff4b4e09f26a8..0553ad4571dfd952758aba0c92552b4d88442906 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
@@ -477,6 +477,9 @@ struct Scsi_Host *scsi_host_alloc(struct scsi_host_template *sht, int privsize)
 	if (sht->virt_boundary_mask)
 		shost->virt_boundary_mask = sht->virt_boundary_mask;
 
+	if (!sht->module)
+		shost->is_builtin = true;
+
 	device_initialize(&shost->shost_gendev);
 	dev_set_name(&shost->shost_gendev, "host%d", shost->host_no);
 	shost->shost_gendev.bus = &scsi_bus_type;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
index f561caabc7715c4139bf540a74fbef689932450f..9e21ef4e09717da80bc98669fd5e7ee1e0194ecf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
@@ -522,11 +522,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_report_opcode);
  */
 int scsi_device_get(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
+	struct module *module;
+
 	if (sdev->sdev_state == SDEV_DEL || sdev->sdev_state == SDEV_CANCEL)
 		goto fail;
 	if (!get_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev))
 		goto fail;
-	if (!try_module_get(sdev->host->hostt->module))
+
+	module = sdev->host->hostt->module;
+	if ((!module && !sdev->host->is_builtin) || !try_module_get(module))
 		goto fail_put_device;
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
index 19f595b6a5ca06ceea30a2aceeb64bd439d365cb..161d3d078ec9098ecd9e50bdeddb96984404bf89 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ struct Scsi_Host {
 	 */
 	struct device *dma_dev;
 
-	KABI_RESERVE(1)
+	KABI_USE(1, bool is_builtin)
 	KABI_RESERVE(2)
 	KABI_RESERVE(3)
 	KABI_RESERVE(4)