diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e2a8df5e07dd..ed78740f04c5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 241937b863c8a3ef10511712f53285f41ab05308
+refs/heads/master: 5aecd559871d23a3cc297e544c9d63f0b8441cf4
diff --git a/trunk/mm/pdflush.c b/trunk/mm/pdflush.c
index 1c96cfc9e040..9d834aa4b979 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/pdflush.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/pdflush.c
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ int pdflush_operation(void (*fn)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg0)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pdflush_lock, flags);
 	if (list_empty(&pdflush_list)) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pdflush_lock, flags);
 		ret = -1;
 	} else {
 		struct pdflush_work *pdf;
@@ -219,8 +218,9 @@ int pdflush_operation(void (*fn)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg0)
 		pdf->fn = fn;
 		pdf->arg0 = arg0;
 		wake_up_process(pdf->who);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pdflush_lock, flags);
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pdflush_lock, flags);
+
 	return ret;
 }