diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3f9f9ae8a0f6..e251fa0988a6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c84b3268da3b85c9d8a9e504e1001a14ed829e94
+refs/heads/master: 31ef30c760f7ddb133fa538df1dfbec1f42294d7
diff --git a/trunk/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c b/trunk/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
index 6a6433daaf27..2af6e4a90262 100644
--- a/trunk/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
+++ b/trunk/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static int get_fdb_entries(struct net_bridge *br, void __user *userbuf,
 	return num;
 }
 
+/* called with RTNL */
 static int add_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, int ifindex, int isadd)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ static int add_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, int ifindex, int isadd)
 	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	dev = dev_get_by_index(dev_net(br->dev), ifindex);
+	dev = __dev_get_by_index(dev_net(br->dev), ifindex);
 	if (dev == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -98,7 +99,6 @@ static int add_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, int ifindex, int isadd)
 	else
 		ret = br_del_if(br, dev);
 
-	dev_put(dev);
 	return ret;
 }