diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f7d8b0816ecb..b2898d0a4a9a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 72812ee0bd2098a7709dbcff61395fbba3f27cda
+refs/heads/master: bd4d5de8b9b97ff100342948c39634b44c43fe81
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c
index 797b0051b6ff..7154c44fa2c9 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c
@@ -752,7 +752,9 @@ static int bnx2fc_initiate_tmf(struct scsi_cmnd *sc_cmd, u8 tm_flags)
 	rc = bnx2fc_init_mp_req(io_req);
 	if (rc == FAILED) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Task mgmt MP request init failed\n");
+		spin_lock_bh(&tgt->tgt_lock);
 		kref_put(&io_req->refcount, bnx2fc_cmd_release);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&tgt->tgt_lock);
 		goto tmf_err;
 	}