diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 92047def5373..ac9d285481d4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: eb1bb259cf216be0cd924e76e2185c7fb2c7e8ee
+refs/heads/master: 086e7a5685babba533644acd1d39a81e3f8eed54
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index 671632c9a026..976175bc6c7b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ struct hv_bus {
 
 static irqreturn_t vmbus_isr(int irq, void *dev_id);
 
-static void vmbus_device_release(struct device *device);
-
 static ssize_t vmbus_show_device_attr(struct device *dev,
 				      struct device_attribute *dev_attr,
 				      char *buf);
@@ -297,6 +295,18 @@ static void vmbus_shutdown(struct device *child_device)
 	return;
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * vmbus_device_release - Final callback release of the vmbus child device
+ */
+static void vmbus_device_release(struct device *device)
+{
+	struct hv_device *device_ctx = device_to_hv_device(device);
+
+	kfree(device_ctx);
+
+}
+
 /* The one and only one */
 static struct hv_bus  hv_bus = {
 	.bus.name =		"vmbus",
@@ -826,19 +836,6 @@ void vmbus_child_device_unregister(struct hv_device *device_obj)
 }
 
 
-/*
- * vmbus_device_release - Final callback release of the vmbus child device
- */
-static void vmbus_device_release(struct device *device)
-{
-	struct hv_device *device_ctx = device_to_hv_device(device);
-
-	kfree(device_ctx);
-
-	/* !!DO NOT REFERENCE device_ctx anymore at this point!! */
-}
-
-
 
 static irqreturn_t vmbus_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {