diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8b0b8d1bc10f..94b1c4528584 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: be0e6aa5a0c487a2a0880dda8bc70f7f1860fc39
+refs/heads/master: dea4096bc41a9642039840ced91e585d04883a16
diff --git a/trunk/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/trunk/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index 849fecd0820e..2aec7c4f357b 100644
--- a/trunk/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/trunk/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -966,20 +966,11 @@ int mesh_nexthop_lookup(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 void mesh_path_timer(unsigned long data)
 {
-	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
-	struct mesh_path *mpath;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	mpath = (struct mesh_path *) data;
-	mpath = rcu_dereference(mpath);
-	if (!mpath)
-		goto endmpathtimer;
-	sdata = mpath->sdata;
+	struct mesh_path *mpath = (void *) data;
+	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = mpath->sdata;
 
-	if (sdata->local->quiescing) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (sdata->local->quiescing)
 		return;
-	}
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&mpath->state_lock);
 	if (mpath->flags & MESH_PATH_RESOLVED ||
@@ -996,8 +987,6 @@ void mesh_path_timer(unsigned long data)
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(&mpath->state_lock);
-endmpathtimer:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 void