diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 70761eb234df..091d6ed62c3e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6cd10f8db385ba547811baa5b26f672fdff232e6
+refs/heads/master: d1f1e9c01006b4b050e090055c75278f80c2a5c5
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
index 2b69994fd3a8..ac1d5b0586ba 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
@@ -384,8 +384,9 @@ static int ds_request(struct task_struct *task, void *base, size_t size,
 
 	spin_lock(&ds_lock);
 
+	error = -EPERM;
 	if (!check_tracer(task))
-		return -EPERM;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	context = ds_alloc_context(task);