diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2bbedaccaea6..9ca41beea288 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ffc046729381ec039a87dc2c00d2899fcc8785e3
+refs/heads/master: 5af759176cc767e7426f89764bde4996ebaaf419
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/perf_counter.c b/trunk/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 89d5e3fe9700..e0576c3fdb50 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1145,12 +1145,12 @@ static int perf_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	mutex_lock(&counter->mutex);
 
 	perf_counter_remove_from_context(counter);
-	put_context(ctx);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&counter->mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
 	kfree(counter);
+	put_context(ctx);
 
 	return 0;
 }