diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1395365ad686..6127b210c0be 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: af2ac7bfec4176cad5e04402d116b5242d759bf8
+refs/heads/master: 2250840111b362a30e35ce52770bde3692e402b2
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/batman-adv/routing.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/batman-adv/routing.c
index 2cf8cf98a299..58aa99ed5748 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/batman-adv/routing.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/batman-adv/routing.c
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ void receive_bat_packet(struct ethhdr *ethhdr,
 		batman_packet->tq, batman_packet->ttl, batman_packet->version,
 		has_directlink_flag);
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(batman_if, &if_list, list) {
 		if (batman_if->if_status != IF_ACTIVE)
 			continue;
@@ -585,6 +586,7 @@ void receive_bat_packet(struct ethhdr *ethhdr,
 		if (compare_orig(ethhdr->h_source, broadcast_addr))
 			is_broadcast = 1;
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (batman_packet->version != COMPAT_VERSION) {
 		bat_dbg(DBG_BATMAN, bat_priv,