diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 99eceee7a5cb..0bbdddf56ce4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 13601cd8e44aab332cedff1d6dc10786ec890b7b
+refs/heads/master: 96d203169d1d851ac1468f7d4459a09581be364c
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/dev.c b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
index 819f0175bdc9..8d133802372b 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1805,14 +1805,12 @@ int dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		spin_lock(root_lock);
 
 		if (unlikely(test_bit(__QDISC_STATE_DEACTIVATED, &q->state))) {
-			spin_unlock(root_lock);
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 			rc = NET_XMIT_DROP;
-			goto out_kfree_skb;
+		} else {
+			rc = qdisc_enqueue_root(skb, q);
+			qdisc_run(q);
 		}
-
-		rc = qdisc_enqueue_root(skb, q);
-		qdisc_run(q);
-
 		spin_unlock(root_lock);
 
 		goto out;