--- linux-2.5.74-smp/fs/devfs/base.c.orig	2003-07-07 20:58:36.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.5.74-smp/fs/devfs/base.c	2003-07-07 20:58:50.000000000 +0400
@@ -2308,7 +2308,6 @@ static struct dentry *devfs_lookup (stru
 	revalidation  */
     up (&dir->i_sem);
     wait_for_devfsd_finished (fs_info);  /*  If I'm not devfsd, must wait  */
-    down (&dir->i_sem);      /*  Grab it again because them's the rules  */
     de = lookup_info.de;
     /*  If someone else has been so kind as to make the inode, we go home
 	early  */
@@ -2338,6 +2337,7 @@ out:
     write_lock (&parent->u.dir.lock);
     wake_up (&lookup_info.wait_queue);
     write_unlock (&parent->u.dir.lock);
+    down (&dir->i_sem);      /*  Grab it again because them's the rules  */
     devfs_put (de);
     return retval;
 }   /*  End Function devfs_lookup  */