diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a4784f325771..4794deae3709 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2ef19e63e698d740661e04bd6d62ac3305435c61
+refs/heads/master: b808ab16a9c99c00e3d8c3b351977fce62781dd0
diff --git a/trunk/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c b/trunk/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
index 7254bd609839..3260a4a0ecc5 100644
--- a/trunk/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
+++ b/trunk/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ int ieee80211_rate_control_register(struct rate_control_ops *ops)
 		if (!strcmp(alg->ops->name, ops->name)) {
 			/* don't register an algorithm twice */
 			WARN_ON(1);
+			mutex_unlock(&rate_ctrl_mutex);
 			return -EALREADY;
 		}
 	}