diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1312bce848ac..f168cbf0de3d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 78c04c0bf52360dc2f7185e99c8e9aa05d73ae5a
+refs/heads/master: a85d0d7f3460b1a123b78e7f7e39bf72c37dfb78
diff --git a/trunk/net/wireless/reg.c b/trunk/net/wireless/reg.c
index 2ded3c7fad06..72d170ca3406 100644
--- a/trunk/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/trunk/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ static void reg_regdb_search(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct reg_regdb_search_request *request;
 	const struct ieee80211_regdomain *curdom, *regdom;
 	int i, r;
+	bool set_reg = false;
+
+	mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex);
 
 	mutex_lock(&reg_regdb_search_mutex);
 	while (!list_empty(&reg_regdb_search_list)) {
@@ -365,9 +368,7 @@ static void reg_regdb_search(struct work_struct *work)
 				r = reg_copy_regd(&regdom, curdom);
 				if (r)
 					break;
-				mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex);
-				set_regdom(regdom);
-				mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex);
+				set_reg = true;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
@@ -375,6 +376,11 @@ static void reg_regdb_search(struct work_struct *work)
 		kfree(request);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&reg_regdb_search_mutex);
+
+	if (set_reg)
+		set_regdom(regdom);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex);
 }
 
 static DECLARE_WORK(reg_regdb_work, reg_regdb_search);