diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f7de128df10e..1c4108370743 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 42f6e3da974dc8ad81775110c8d06835acdf375e
+refs/heads/master: 979ee290ff0a543352243145dc3654af5a856ab8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
index 8bf695c52f95..9fcfcb2a020c 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ validate_init(struct nouveau_channel *chan, struct drm_file *file_priv,
 	int trycnt = 0;
 	int ret, i;
 
-	sequence = atomic_add_return(1, &drm->ttm.validate_sequence);
 retry:
+	sequence = atomic_add_return(1, &drm->ttm.validate_sequence);
 	if (++trycnt > 100000) {
 		NV_ERROR(drm, "%s failed and gave up.\n", __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;