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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c
index 64f855651336..261b53fc8e04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c
@@ -569,6 +569,13 @@ static void ppp_timer(struct timer_list *t)
unsigned long flags;
spin_lock_irqsave(&ppp->lock, flags);
+ /* mod_timer could be called after we entered this function but
+ * before we got the lock.
+ */
+ if (timer_pending(&proto->timer)) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ppp->lock, flags);
+ return;
+ }
switch (proto->state) {
case STOPPING:
case REQ_SENT: