diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7e8bd4f06fc4..763ffc3c84d0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f16aeea0e679d5fd43fc02e99569c52d77d5e5d3
+refs/heads/master: 61da026d86517def727eb67d7cb8ee5657a12dd9
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index 9f88ad86f4e3..e5f3a17349af 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -2727,6 +2727,8 @@ static int efx_pm_freeze(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct efx_nic *efx = pci_get_drvdata(to_pci_dev(dev));
 
+	rtnl_lock();
+
 	efx->state = STATE_UNINIT;
 
 	netif_device_detach(efx->net_dev);
@@ -2734,6 +2736,8 @@ static int efx_pm_freeze(struct device *dev)
 	efx_stop_all(efx);
 	efx_stop_interrupts(efx, false);
 
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2741,6 +2745,8 @@ static int efx_pm_thaw(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct efx_nic *efx = pci_get_drvdata(to_pci_dev(dev));
 
+	rtnl_lock();
+
 	efx_start_interrupts(efx, false);
 
 	mutex_lock(&efx->mac_lock);
@@ -2755,6 +2761,8 @@ static int efx_pm_thaw(struct device *dev)
 
 	efx->type->resume_wol(efx);
 
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
 	/* Reschedule any quenched resets scheduled during efx_pm_freeze() */
 	queue_work(reset_workqueue, &efx->reset_work);