diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ca4dcd126844..4f1bffda8a05 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e934dd7862e7f613b2ce9730d548a0a70913c8f7
+refs/heads/master: e0138a66e18c6755ee29ce13b3f1142af775dc5f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/trunk/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index 25b8dbf6cfd7..9b55a123c08f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -1601,9 +1601,6 @@ void bond_alb_handle_active_change(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *new_slave
 	struct slave *swap_slave;
 	int i;
 
-	if (new_slave)
-		ASSERT_RTNL();
-
 	if (bond->curr_active_slave == new_slave) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1649,6 +1646,8 @@ void bond_alb_handle_active_change(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *new_slave
 	write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 	read_unlock(&bond->lock);
 
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
 	/* curr_active_slave must be set before calling alb_swap_mac_addr */
 	if (swap_slave) {
 		/* swap mac address */