diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9d7eef5eb283..2da0479ab57c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c193c82f054195aa352ccbef91afc28446e5a30e
+refs/heads/master: 09dc3cf93f7d16fdd37a0ad8486faebb5e2769ec
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/printk.c b/trunk/kernel/printk.c
index 1455a0d4eedd..7982a0a841ea 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1293,10 +1293,11 @@ void console_unlock(void)
 	raw_spin_lock(&logbuf_lock);
 	if (con_start != log_end)
 		retry = 1;
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
+
 	if (retry && console_trylock())
 		goto again;
 
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags);
 	if (wake_klogd)
 		wake_up_klogd();
 }