diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cdb24b2680fa..ce67701cf85d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 38e6bc185d9544dfad1774b3f8902a0b061aea25
+refs/heads/master: 3335f0ca130c201f8680e97f63612053fbc16e22
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/trunk/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index f9347ea3d381..f0ad56c13933 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -640,12 +640,7 @@ static int netconsole_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 				 * rtnl_lock already held
 				 */
 				if (nt->np.dev) {
-					spin_unlock_irqrestore(
-							      &target_list_lock,
-							      flags);
 					__netpoll_cleanup(&nt->np);
-					spin_lock_irqsave(&target_list_lock,
-							  flags);
 					dev_put(nt->np.dev);
 					nt->np.dev = NULL;
 					netconsole_target_put(nt);