diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 724021831d51..cd19fe9094f7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 590c391dd362479b27a67c8d797ce348c5798b93
+refs/heads/master: 3bb62f4f95ba004048bafb460179b5db33aff787
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index c6fb7c3f961a..a1b8ebc6c5f2 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1666,9 +1666,12 @@ static int be_tx_queues_create(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 	u8 i;
 
 	adapter->num_tx_qs = be_num_txqs_want(adapter);
-	if (adapter->num_tx_qs != MAX_TX_QS)
+	if (adapter->num_tx_qs != MAX_TX_QS) {
+		rtnl_lock();
 		netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(adapter->netdev,
 			adapter->num_tx_qs);
+		rtnl_unlock();
+	}
 
 	adapter->tx_eq.max_eqd = 0;
 	adapter->tx_eq.min_eqd = 0;