diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7d1ba7bd5d1b..8db905235398 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 660f706d931d4795d341805e083a8091af74fa88
+refs/heads/master: 6530e0fee1834fab51720769ac422186de2b3120
diff --git a/trunk/net/phonet/pn_dev.c b/trunk/net/phonet/pn_dev.c
index fd418107652b..3e24c0522ee3 100644
--- a/trunk/net/phonet/pn_dev.c
+++ b/trunk/net/phonet/pn_dev.c
@@ -204,13 +204,8 @@ void phonet_device_exit(void)
 	struct phonet_device *pnd, *n;
 
 	rtnl_unregister_all(PF_PHONET);
-	rtnl_lock();
-	spin_lock_bh(&pndevs.lock);
+	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&phonet_device_notifier);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(pnd, n, &pndevs.list, list)
 		__phonet_device_free(pnd);
-
-	spin_unlock_bh(&pndevs.lock);
-	rtnl_unlock();
-	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&phonet_device_notifier);
 }