diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 27d38f3ce569..ddc5d8a1f673 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 10dd08dc04c881dcc9f7f19e2a3ad8e0778e4db5
+refs/heads/master: c4a2d7fbec3029c8891a3ad5fceec2992096a3b7
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c b/trunk/fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c
index 50c994a249a5..09a4522f65e6 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ecryptfs/miscdev.c
@@ -575,13 +575,11 @@ int ecryptfs_init_ecryptfs_miscdev(void)
 	int rc;
 
 	atomic_set(&ecryptfs_num_miscdev_opens, 0);
-	mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
 	rc = misc_register(&ecryptfs_miscdev);
 	if (rc)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Failed to register miscellaneous device "
 		       "for communications with userspace daemons; rc = [%d]\n",
 		       __func__, rc);
-	mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_daemon_hash_mux);
 	return rc;
 }