diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a963e65adb4e..628d6cc67c50 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 36ac829e5a6ab29a6fd990588d170438bfb5c7a0
+refs/heads/master: b7a05871aac3a75a48faebcde92d881f9625c066
diff --git a/trunk/arch/mips/basler/excite/excite_iodev.c b/trunk/arch/mips/basler/excite/excite_iodev.c
index dfbfd7e2ac08..938b1d0b7652 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/mips/basler/excite/excite_iodev.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/mips/basler/excite/excite_iodev.c
@@ -112,10 +112,8 @@ static int iodev_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	ret = request_irq(iodev_irq, iodev_irqhdl, IRQF_DISABLED,
 			   iodev_name, &miscdev);
-	unlock_kernel();
 
 	return ret;
 }