diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3c168bdb664b..d90bbebeb7c5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 52bd75fdb135d6133d878ae60c6e7e3f4ebc1cfc
+refs/heads/master: 7e311a207d596b9273d811149d6e3e14f05ac4c0
diff --git a/trunk/fs/fscache/cookie.c b/trunk/fs/fscache/cookie.c
index 432482edc738..b1870a6c2cd3 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/fscache/cookie.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/fscache/cookie.c
@@ -437,12 +437,8 @@ void __fscache_relinquish_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, int retire)
 
 	event = retire ? FSCACHE_OBJECT_EV_RETIRE : FSCACHE_OBJECT_EV_RELEASE;
 
-	/* detach pointers back to the netfs */
 	spin_lock(&cookie->lock);
 
-	cookie->netfs_data	= NULL;
-	cookie->def		= NULL;
-
 	/* break links with all the active objects */
 	while (!hlist_empty(&cookie->backing_objects)) {
 		object = hlist_entry(cookie->backing_objects.first,
@@ -465,6 +461,10 @@ void __fscache_relinquish_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, int retire)
 			BUG();
 	}
 
+	/* detach pointers back to the netfs */
+	cookie->netfs_data	= NULL;
+	cookie->def		= NULL;
+
 	spin_unlock(&cookie->lock);
 
 	if (cookie->parent) {