diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a6380130a976..8a30f7dbcb68 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 349aef0bc4c7f07d685c977e12d0e2d0b5d0e6db
+refs/heads/master: eb46996f90a0826921f1a0d81535537a9c7f91b0
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/module.c b/trunk/kernel/module.c
index f368812ac0e8..e4276046a1b6 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/module.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/module.c
@@ -958,7 +958,6 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
 	unsigned long ret;
 	const unsigned long *crc;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&modlist_lock);
 	ret = __find_symbol(name, &owner, &crc, mod->license_gplok);
 	if (ret) {
 		/* use_module can fail due to OOM, or module unloading */
@@ -966,7 +965,6 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
 		    !use_module(mod, owner))
 			ret = 0;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(&modlist_lock);
 	return ret;
 }