diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d531c93f79c6..b1e129640353 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b63d4fe95f29b6cadffcee8cdabd8435e8560cde
+refs/heads/master: 5c37dcbe138ed3239c5e8b6c2626ce773a7cea2e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c b/trunk/drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c
index b935e08695a9..25573bad81e0 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/ieee1394/hosts.c
@@ -157,10 +157,9 @@ struct hpsb_host *hpsb_alloc_host(struct hpsb_host_driver *drv, size_t extra,
 	h->speed_map = (u8 *)(h->csr.speed_map + 2);
 
 	mutex_lock(&host_num_alloc);
-
 	while (nodemgr_for_each_host(&hostnum, alloc_hostnum_cb))
 		hostnum++;
-
+	mutex_unlock(&host_num_alloc);
 	h->id = hostnum;
 
 	memcpy(&h->device, &nodemgr_dev_template_host, sizeof(h->device));
@@ -175,8 +174,6 @@ struct hpsb_host *hpsb_alloc_host(struct hpsb_host_driver *drv, size_t extra,
 	class_device_register(&h->class_dev);
 	get_device(&h->device);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&host_num_alloc);
-
 	return h;
 }