diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 63b00a6ae9c3..c25b798d27d0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d0e5d83284dac15c015bb48115b6780f5a6413cd
+refs/heads/master: 7091fbd82cd5686444ffe9935ed6a8190101fe9d
diff --git a/trunk/net/packet/af_packet.c b/trunk/net/packet/af_packet.c
index c698cec0a445..fabb4fafa281 100644
--- a/trunk/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/trunk/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -961,7 +961,10 @@ static int packet_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	return 0;
 
 drop_n_acct:
-	po->stats.tp_drops = atomic_inc_return(&sk->sk_drops);
+	spin_lock(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
+	po->stats.tp_drops++;
+	atomic_inc(&sk->sk_drops);
+	spin_unlock(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
 
 drop_n_restore:
 	if (skb_head != skb->data && skb_shared(skb)) {