diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8a337695daf3..9d5362823f70 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ee686ca919193d7c1f87f907e732df5e2f942523
+refs/heads/master: bc23283c7bc90958927abe26eedc562701743a88
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/trunk/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index eba937c46376..b10fedd82143 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -134,8 +134,10 @@ int phy_scan_fixups(struct phy_device *phydev)
 
 			err = fixup->run(phydev);
 
-			if (err < 0)
+			if (err < 0) {
+				mutex_unlock(&phy_fixup_lock);
 				return err;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&phy_fixup_lock);