diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 77bea2a7dd87..afcb2f49d6a9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 86ec5ec872566dda74848e09904bb5380cab962e
+refs/heads/master: 9ddced16bb901415ac46058a55bb842a7df8cc68
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/trunk/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 824f12c798d6..4765a50d7537 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -768,9 +768,10 @@ int i2c_detach_client(struct i2c_client *client)
 
 	mutex_lock(&adapter->clist_lock);
 	list_del(&client->list);
+	mutex_unlock(&adapter->clist_lock);
+
 	init_completion(&client->released);
 	device_unregister(&client->dev);
-	mutex_unlock(&adapter->clist_lock);
 	wait_for_completion(&client->released);
 
  out: