diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f650dd3ebcde..e766035f7c4a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9b8adb5ea005fe73acd5dd58f9bd47eafa74c9d1
+refs/heads/master: af38f2989572704a846a5577b5ab3b1e2885cbfb
diff --git a/trunk/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/trunk/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index 603d89248e71..ee4820aa1843 100644
--- a/trunk/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/trunk/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ static ssize_t store_stp_state(struct device *d,
 	if (endp == buf)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
+	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+		return restart_syscall();
 	br_stp_set_enabled(br, val);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
diff --git a/trunk/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c b/trunk/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
index 02b2d50cce4d..4a3cdf8f3813 100644
--- a/trunk/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
+++ b/trunk/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ static ssize_t brport_store(struct kobject * kobj,
 
 	val = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 0);
 	if (endp != buf) {
-		rtnl_lock();
+		if (!rtnl_trylock())
+			return restart_syscall();
 		if (p->dev && p->br && brport_attr->store) {
 			spin_lock_bh(&p->br->lock);
 			ret = brport_attr->store(p, val);