diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0826aaa6ec9b..fa31c50d5658 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6dcdd1b3694a4fa2b85167a9c860c7613a7553c7
+refs/heads/master: f8e9616108c7003e6499c162459258f11c9dc85e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 06bc6034ce81..2114837809e7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1509,6 +1509,8 @@ static int stmmac_probe(struct net_device *dev)
 		pr_warning("\tno valid MAC address;"
 			"please, use ifconfig or nwhwconfig!\n");
 
+	spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
+
 	ret = register_netdev(dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("%s: ERROR %i registering the device\n",
@@ -1520,8 +1522,6 @@ static int stmmac_probe(struct net_device *dev)
 	    dev->name, (dev->features & NETIF_F_SG) ? "on" : "off",
 	    (dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_CSUM) ? "on" : "off");
 
-	spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
-
 	return ret;
 }