diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 336bd9bbfa92..95c47f8d8bae 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 18c576f950167ff3ec1e56dcbbec7b87288b3237
+refs/heads/master: 703625118069f9f8960d356676662d3db5a9d116
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/trunk/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index f15df40bc318..c6f3b48be9dd 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -1951,8 +1951,8 @@ static int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 			pid = task_pid(current);
 			type = PIDTYPE_PID;
 		}
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
 		retval = __f_setown(filp, pid, type, 0);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
 		if (retval)
 			goto out;
 	} else {