diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f1e4e1458e93..15d6e6a837b7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b249dcb82d327e419d3cb45773b146ebb5faf419
+refs/heads/master: ab9304717f7624c41927f442e6b6d418b2d8b3e4
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/dev.c b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
index 0d78e0454a6d..b31d5d69a467 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1435,6 +1435,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice_notifier);
 
 int call_netdevice_notifiers(unsigned long val, struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
 	return raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, val, dev);
 }