diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f56ac544c177..aa55731c697a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8244132ea89cdd128003f5b9980fab50d8d36d72
+refs/heads/master: deb0d7c740a008a4e26806317497549b0e8907eb
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/netpoll.c b/trunk/net/core/netpoll.c
index 560297ee55b4..ca6dc31843ea 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -748,7 +748,6 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 
 	/* last thing to do is link it to the net device structure */
 	rcu_assign_pointer(ndev->npinfo, npinfo);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	return 0;