diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6b8ca2704c6e..aa35b3f20977 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5401cf3fac92b35415c1d011e9866a90b8bed88f
+refs/heads/master: 499eea6bf9c06df3bf4549954aee6fb3427946ed
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sys.c b/trunk/kernel/sys.c
index 6df42624e454..8b71cef3bf1a 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1378,8 +1378,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sethostname, char __user *, name, int, len)
 		memcpy(u->nodename, tmp, len);
 		memset(u->nodename + len, 0, sizeof(u->nodename) - len);
 		errno = 0;
+		uts_proc_notify(UTS_PROC_HOSTNAME);
 	}
-	uts_proc_notify(UTS_PROC_HOSTNAME);
 	up_write(&uts_sem);
 	return errno;
 }
@@ -1429,8 +1429,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setdomainname, char __user *, name, int, len)
 		memcpy(u->domainname, tmp, len);
 		memset(u->domainname + len, 0, sizeof(u->domainname) - len);
 		errno = 0;
+		uts_proc_notify(UTS_PROC_DOMAINNAME);
 	}
-	uts_proc_notify(UTS_PROC_DOMAINNAME);
 	up_write(&uts_sem);
 	return errno;
 }