diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 21959b15c68b..41347f590f5b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0ac820eebe9008094040955d294ef7b33b418413
+refs/heads/master: 4be353d5169ef2477814b35fe46734a51dcecd09
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
index c865dda2adf1..cabae7bb1fc6 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
@@ -1805,8 +1805,6 @@ netxen_post_rx_buffers(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, u32 ringid,
 	netxen_ctx_msg msg = 0;
 	struct list_head *head;
 
-	spin_lock(&rds_ring->lock);
-
 	producer = rds_ring->producer;
 
 	head = &rds_ring->free_list;
@@ -1853,8 +1851,6 @@ netxen_post_rx_buffers(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, u32 ringid,
 					NETXEN_RCV_PRODUCER_OFFSET), msg);
 		}
 	}
-
-	spin_unlock(&rds_ring->lock);
 }
 
 static void