diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 96b294c90246..bde35bfafc82 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 179394af7a2baa1d0a3cb1670075310d72247d38
+refs/heads/master: d02479bdeb1c9b037892061cdcf4e730183391fa
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c b/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c
index 6923ad8a5983..7a15afb73ed0 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -547,9 +547,9 @@ sys_timer_create(const clockid_t which_clock,
 				new_timer->it_process = process;
 				list_add(&new_timer->list,
 					 &process->signal->posix_timers);
-				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&process->sighand->siglock, flags);
 				if (new_timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
 					get_task_struct(process);
+				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&process->sighand->siglock, flags);
 			} else {
 				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&process->sighand->siglock, flags);
 				process = NULL;