diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3e3a1bf15c5c..3a5bb7d4aa5b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 94eac5e62364df4e605e451218ee6024a7ba664f
+refs/heads/master: c5f7ad233b8805dae06e694538d8095b19f3c560
diff --git a/trunk/mm/backing-dev.c b/trunk/mm/backing-dev.c
index 327e36d1d623..b1dc2d4b9cdd 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
 			wb_do_writeback(me, 0);
 
 		spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
 		/*
 		 * Check if any existing bdi's have dirty data without
@@ -357,8 +358,6 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
 			bdi_add_default_flusher_thread(bdi);
 		}
 
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-
 		if (list_empty(&bdi_pending_list)) {
 			unsigned long wait;