diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 94eb031daeb7..6251c6d18ec5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 692d0eb9e02cf81fb387ff891f53840db2f3110a
+refs/heads/master: df12ee996378a5917e9555169fe278ecca0612d4
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/dm.c b/trunk/drivers/md/dm.c
index ab3b5d84df65..020a9e1993a7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1437,18 +1437,19 @@ static void dm_wq_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	down_write(&md->io_lock);
 
-next_bio:
-	spin_lock_irq(&md->deferred_lock);
-	c = bio_list_pop(&md->deferred);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&md->deferred_lock);
+	while (1) {
+		spin_lock_irq(&md->deferred_lock);
+		c = bio_list_pop(&md->deferred);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&md->deferred_lock);
+
+		if (!c) {
+			clear_bit(DMF_BLOCK_IO, &md->flags);
+			break;
+		}
 
-	if (c) {
 		__split_and_process_bio(md, c);
-		goto next_bio;
 	}
 
-	clear_bit(DMF_BLOCK_IO, &md->flags);
-
 	up_write(&md->io_lock);
 }