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diff --git a/lib/kernel_lock.c b/lib/kernel_lock.c
index e713e86811ae..e0fdfddb406e 100644
--- a/lib/kernel_lock.c
+++ b/lib/kernel_lock.c
@@ -177,7 +177,12 @@ static inline void __lock_kernel(void)
static inline void __unlock_kernel(void)
{
- spin_unlock(&kernel_flag);
+ /*
+ * the BKL is not covered by lockdep, so we open-code the
+ * unlocking sequence (and thus avoid the dep-chain ops):
+ */
+ _raw_spin_unlock(&kernel_flag);
+ preempt_enable();
}
/*