diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 006e9ab7f869..398dc8145af3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fcbd963912acc0c5d51bb27f8654f2a91fcff322
+refs/heads/master: be23edf848b14d1b426c12f2f58e4949c4fbd695
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c b/trunk/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c
index 88fb56d5db8f..cac1500cba62 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c
@@ -1822,16 +1822,10 @@ static int auerchar_release (struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	pauerswald_t cp;
 	dbg("release");
 
-	/* get the mutexes */
-	if (down_interruptible (&ccp->mutex)) {
-		return -ERESTARTSYS;
-	}
+	down(&ccp->mutex);
 	cp = ccp->auerdev;
 	if (cp) {
-		if (down_interruptible (&cp->mutex)) {
-			up (&ccp->mutex);
-			return -ERESTARTSYS;
-		}
+		down(&cp->mutex);
 		/* remove an open service */
 		auerswald_removeservice (cp, &ccp->scontext);
 		/* detach from device */