diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bdeaba06627b..5a398bfacf81 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5e96ee65c8bd629ce093da67a066d3946468298a
+refs/heads/master: f48ed538386cb41559282d989354e8f5d442d71c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
index 261322722c19..97852099defd 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3359,9 +3359,9 @@ static struct kobject *md_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
 	disk->queue = mddev->queue;
 	add_disk(disk);
 	mddev->gendisk = disk;
-	mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
 	error = kobject_init_and_add(&mddev->kobj, &md_ktype, &disk->dev.kobj,
 				     "%s", "md");
+	mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
 	if (error)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "md: cannot register %s/md - name in use\n",
 		       disk->disk_name);