diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 96886fb0f7b7..6ac30ec01f50 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4ff75b7cf3b06efb72a50e26008d09b259b1231b
+refs/heads/master: a0087a3619e1b137e7dbc91a1b2b5f15c0382412
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/fec.c b/trunk/drivers/net/fec.c
index 965fe90e1c20..7ae3f2814200 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/fec.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/fec.c
@@ -324,10 +324,10 @@ fec_enet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 
 	fep->cur_tx = bdp;
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fep->hw_lock, flags);
-
 	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
 
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fep->hw_lock, flags);
+
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }