diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9a91086c506c..1ed24f450031 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4db7589f3d88c09d740560f1dcf2d4d843d918f2
+refs/heads/master: 3857abc622102b808de11ff3393d541b826ab952
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c b/trunk/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c
index 0f5e04934cec..7ebdb1d30939 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c
@@ -246,11 +246,9 @@ static int vhci_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	skb_queue_head_init(&data->readq);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&data->read_wait);
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	hdev = hci_alloc_dev();
 	if (!hdev) {
 		kfree(data);
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -271,12 +269,10 @@ static int vhci_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		BT_ERR("Can't register HCI device");
 		kfree(data);
 		hci_free_dev(hdev);
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	file->private_data = data;
-	unlock_kernel();
 
 	return nonseekable_open(inode, file);
 }