diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 55a8f8e6b0f3..dfcc520b63e8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 65d2bb14ac44e8191beefa8756addd8505224b4a
+refs/heads/master: 83dc5f2f93adae8907fa105e15a792d860f6affe
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c
index 167bdb9cf68d..d546051e5953 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c
@@ -1044,13 +1044,13 @@ void ath6kl_rx(struct htc_target *target, struct htc_packet *packet)
 	ar->net_stats.rx_packets++;
 	ar->net_stats.rx_bytes += packet->act_len;
 
+	spin_unlock_bh(&ar->lock);
+
 	skb_put(skb, packet->act_len + HTC_HDR_LENGTH);
 	skb_pull(skb, HTC_HDR_LENGTH);
 
 	ath6kl_dbg_dump(ATH6KL_DBG_RAW_BYTES, __func__, skb->data, skb->len);
 
-	spin_unlock_bh(&ar->lock);
-
 	skb->dev = ar->net_dev;
 
 	if (!test_bit(WMI_ENABLED, &ar->flag)) {