diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index be1cc9d8ba39..fc9f2982b7ab 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2668db9111bb1a6ab5a54f41f703179f35c7d098
+refs/heads/master: 6c5db22d280302c33dafb309c25bf2841fb99c37
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/module.c b/trunk/kernel/module.c
index be4807fb90e4..68d05d2f4d8a 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/module.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/module.c
@@ -2179,9 +2179,11 @@ sys_init_module(void __user *umod,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	/* Now it's a first class citizen! */
-	mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
+	/* Now it's a first class citizen!  Wake up anyone waiting for it. */
 	mod->state = MODULE_STATE_LIVE;
+	wake_up(&module_wq);
+
+	mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
 	/* Drop initial reference. */
 	module_put(mod);
 	unwind_remove_table(mod->unwind_info, 1);
@@ -2190,7 +2192,6 @@ sys_init_module(void __user *umod,
 	mod->init_size = 0;
 	mod->init_text_size = 0;
 	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
-	wake_up(&module_wq);
 
 	return 0;
 }