diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b4b5cb77bd06..f494422b6f90 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 28a7b327b8cc8ea35662d360d3d11d60195debc9
+refs/heads/master: 7a42c2175703f54a3640f25dc078c8190a4f904e
diff --git a/trunk/net/socket.c b/trunk/net/socket.c
index d6f27ed9ba6c..1bc4167e0da8 100644
--- a/trunk/net/socket.c
+++ b/trunk/net/socket.c
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_bind(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *umyaddr, int addrlen)
  *	ready for listening.
  */
 
-int sysctl_somaxconn = SOMAXCONN;
+int sysctl_somaxconn __read_mostly = SOMAXCONN;
 
 asmlinkage long sys_listen(int fd, int backlog)
 {