diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e62af74080e5..8bab46bde675 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d229a9589ff3b988d3f999cdcfa350f97a372673
+refs/heads/master: 81f1777a55e8c631b61e5fa5980fb7a2004287af
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/trunk/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 07d44e19536e..3e327db57310 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ static int dm_hash_rename(const char *old, const char *new)
 {
 	char *new_name, *old_name;
 	struct hash_cell *hc;
+	struct dm_table *table;
 
 	/*
 	 * duplicate new.
@@ -317,6 +318,15 @@ static int dm_hash_rename(const char *old, const char *new)
 	/* rename the device node in devfs */
 	register_with_devfs(hc);
 
+	/*
+	 * Wake up any dm event waiters.
+	 */
+	table = dm_get_table(hc->md);
+	if (table) {
+		dm_table_event(table);
+		dm_table_put(table);
+	}
+
 	up_write(&_hash_lock);
 	kfree(old_name);
 	return 0;