diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a1b3b8b59fe7..ec2a836d949c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f30ab418a1d3c5a8b83493e7d70d6876a74aa0ce
+refs/heads/master: ef711cf1d156428d4c2911b8c86c6ce90519dc45
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/dst.c b/trunk/net/core/dst.c
index 09c1530f4681..57bc4d5b8d08 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/dst.c
@@ -263,9 +263,11 @@ struct dst_entry *dst_destroy(struct dst_entry * dst)
 void dst_release(struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	if (dst) {
-		WARN_ON(atomic_read(&dst->__refcnt) < 1);
+               int newrefcnt;
+
 		smp_mb__before_atomic_dec();
-		atomic_dec(&dst->__refcnt);
+               newrefcnt = atomic_dec_return(&dst->__refcnt);
+               WARN_ON(newrefcnt < 0);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dst_release);