diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 34eb8449f1e3..f4d133369322 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 135c8aea557cf53abe6c8847e286d01442124193
+refs/heads/master: d014e8894dfc523dd9d2f2a17b6dcb94facea810
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/panic.c b/trunk/kernel/panic.c
index 512ab73b0ca3..bc4dcb6a389b 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/panic.c
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
 
 	atomic_notifier_call_chain(&panic_notifier_list, 0, buf);
 
+	bust_spinlocks(0);
+
 	if (!panic_blink)
 		panic_blink = no_blink;
 
@@ -136,7 +138,6 @@ NORET_TYPE void panic(const char * fmt, ...)
 		mdelay(1);
 		i++;
 	}
-	bust_spinlocks(0);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic);