diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3024de41c33a..f74034c07d20 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 373a83a6997bfdaf767f6a65fc5cc0054b246984
+refs/heads/master: dd1f4078f0d2de74a308f00a2dffbd550cfba59f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/vhost/net.c b/trunk/drivers/vhost/net.c
index cd36f5ff2255..0868569d7124 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -519,13 +519,12 @@ static long vhost_net_set_backend(struct vhost_net *n, unsigned index, int fd)
 
 	/* start polling new socket */
 	oldsock = vq->private_data;
-	if (sock == oldsock)
-		goto done;
+	if (sock != oldsock){
+                vhost_net_disable_vq(n, vq);
+                rcu_assign_pointer(vq->private_data, sock);
+                vhost_net_enable_vq(n, vq);
+	}
 
-	vhost_net_disable_vq(n, vq);
-	rcu_assign_pointer(vq->private_data, sock);
-	vhost_net_enable_vq(n, vq);
-done:
 	if (oldsock) {
 		vhost_net_flush_vq(n, index);
 		fput(oldsock->file);