diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 38f72838ff20..24b4717a9647 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3fb95e564e535a1614f7cea1ac194f312eb0d2b8
+refs/heads/master: 8f9064a8a3b9f0dfd53bb0dfb3bbbfb457dda4bb
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/vmk80xx.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/vmk80xx.c
index 10ac58d0cddd..856d0ea6007f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/vmk80xx.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/vmk80xx.c
@@ -1020,12 +1020,12 @@ static int vmk80xx_cnt_cinsn(struct comedi_device *cdev,
 	if (n)
 		return n;
 
-	down(&dev->limit_sem);
-
 	insn_cmd = data[0];
 	if (insn_cmd != INSN_CONFIG_RESET && insn_cmd != GPCT_RESET)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	down(&dev->limit_sem);
+
 	chan = CR_CHAN(insn->chanspec);
 
 	if (dev->board.model == VMK8055_MODEL) {