diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6b4a773d0fa0..b92288158bbc 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3a8476dda13bc6690c5c2d5f1d3078048392c188
+refs/heads/master: 7d5513d58d072cf38cae9c886653aadac38ef4a9
diff --git a/trunk/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c b/trunk/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
index 75010da95b39..7ab40422ab57 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
@@ -1190,10 +1190,6 @@ int dlm_lowcomms_start(void)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&write_nodes_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&write_nodes);
-	init_rwsem(&nodeinfo_lock);
-
 	error = init_sock();
 	if (error)
 		goto fail_sock;
@@ -1224,6 +1220,9 @@ void dlm_lowcomms_stop(void)
 int dlm_lowcomms_init(void)
 {
 	init_waitqueue_head(&lowcomms_recv_wait);
+	spin_lock_init(&write_nodes_lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&write_nodes);
+	init_rwsem(&nodeinfo_lock);
 	return 0;
 }