diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 58eb58112b61..a871b8ef3e63 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0eb03d5a14377eecf6ed0ebf3cc2c9f48c12c7c6
+refs/heads/master: 6d6936e2ea82ebcbdd12d489b7b5ccf430de52f1
diff --git a/trunk/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c b/trunk/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
index 1d2d051e5976..99c2d360888e 100644
--- a/trunk/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
+++ b/trunk/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
@@ -220,9 +220,10 @@ int mesh_path_add(u8 *dst, struct net_device *dev)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 		rcu_assign_pointer(mesh_paths, newtbl);
+		write_unlock(&pathtbl_resize_lock);
+
 		synchronize_rcu();
 		mesh_table_free(oldtbl, false);
-		write_unlock(&pathtbl_resize_lock);
 	}
 endadd2:
 	return err;