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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/sfc/efx.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
index 8fc6a6edc362..0d0243b7ac34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/efx.c
@@ -2209,13 +2209,15 @@ static int __devinit efx_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
* MAC stats succeeds. */
efx->state = STATE_RUNNING;
- efx_mtd_probe(efx); /* allowed to fail */
-
rc = efx_register_netdev(efx);
if (rc)
goto fail5;
EFX_LOG(efx, "initialisation successful\n");
+
+ rtnl_lock();
+ efx_mtd_probe(efx); /* allowed to fail */
+ rtnl_unlock();
return 0;
fail5: