diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2fbf6d05b1eb..2b21fbcbd747 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ba44370175d2e743065382508ed7823cc83cea0a
+refs/heads/master: 0d36d71da2a3e5b28b4e7743c0041515cca798ef
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c
index c68854532659..e23172c9caaf 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c
@@ -305,14 +305,14 @@ int ath9k_wmi_cmd(struct wmi *wmi, enum wmi_cmd_id cmd_id,
 	wmi->cmd_rsp_buf = rsp_buf;
 	wmi->cmd_rsp_len = rsp_len;
 
-	ret = ath9k_wmi_cmd_issue(wmi, skb, cmd_id, cmd_len);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&wmi->wmi_lock, flags);
 	wmi->last_cmd_id = cmd_id;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wmi->wmi_lock, flags);
 
+	ret = ath9k_wmi_cmd_issue(wmi, skb, cmd_id, cmd_len);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
 	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&wmi->cmd_wait, timeout);
 	if (!time_left) {
 		ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_WMI,