diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6eba50aae61b..de242b5d0b47 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6840d2555afd66290be7a39b400b5e66a840b82d
+refs/heads/master: f7294055a7a5bf1ea7da16dffb0cb0f7a282c04b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c b/trunk/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c
index 8de11deb5d14..c815a40e167f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ static int skel_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	/* save our object in the file's private structure */
 	file->private_data = dev;
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->io_mutex);
 
 exit:
 	return retval;