diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cbfa28996aa0..37e0040a4c30 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 040c928c47b591d1cd9977cd6431cae213528b45
+refs/heads/master: 250dccc00805e755a6d80a73557034253da0831f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/trunk/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index c581f9138c47..265de858d4de 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -1842,7 +1842,6 @@ static void __freed_request(request_queue_t *q, int rw)
 		clear_queue_congested(q, rw);
 
 	if (rl->count[rw] + 1 <= q->nr_requests) {
-		smp_mb();
 		if (waitqueue_active(&rl->wait[rw]))
 			wake_up(&rl->wait[rw]);