diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 61e9947a64bf..2bf603fc151a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2a38b775b77f99308a4e571c13d908df78ac5e57
+refs/heads/master: d9f30ec0b0d129b9cbf2b041a6a3159aa24592f6
diff --git a/trunk/net/8021q/vlan.c b/trunk/net/8021q/vlan.c
index 1583c5ef963f..2a546919d6fb 100644
--- a/trunk/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/trunk/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -562,8 +562,6 @@ static int register_vlan_device(struct net_device *real_dev,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_free_newdev;
 
-	/* Account for reference in struct vlan_dev_info */
-	dev_hold(real_dev);
 #ifdef VLAN_DEBUG
 	printk(VLAN_DBG "Allocated new device successfully, returning.\n");
 #endif