diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a3b0d24ffe89..70249cb2d031 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ac3f48de09d8f4b73397047e413fadff7f65cfa7
+refs/heads/master: 4231d47e6fe69f061f96c98c30eaf9fb4c14b96d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/trunk/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index fae0fbd8bc88..81b96e303757 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ static int unlink_urbs (struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff_head *q)
 		entry = (struct skb_data *) skb->cb;
 		urb = entry->urb;
 
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
 		// during some PM-driven resume scenarios,
 		// these (async) unlinks complete immediately
 		retval = usb_unlink_urb (urb);
@@ -596,6 +597,7 @@ static int unlink_urbs (struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff_head *q)
 			netdev_dbg(dev->net, "unlink urb err, %d\n", retval);
 		else
 			count++;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore (&q->lock, flags);
 	return count;