diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 42585f6a819a..bb43e9e6a79c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
VERSION = 3
PATCHLEVEL = 17
-SUBLEVEL = 5
+SUBLEVEL = 6
EXTRAVERSION =
NAME = Shuffling Zombie Juror
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index ec94ba94079f..de88c4ab5146 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -611,16 +611,12 @@ __nf_conntrack_confirm(struct sk_buff *skb)
*/
NF_CT_ASSERT(!nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct));
pr_debug("Confirming conntrack %p\n", ct);
-
- /* We have to check the DYING flag after unlink to prevent
- * a race against nf_ct_get_next_corpse() possibly called from
- * user context, else we insert an already 'dead' hash, blocking
- * further use of that particular connection -JM.
- */
- nf_ct_del_from_dying_or_unconfirmed_list(ct);
+ /* We have to check the DYING flag inside the lock to prevent
+ a race against nf_ct_get_next_corpse() possibly called from
+ user context, else we insert an already 'dead' hash, blocking
+ further use of that particular connection -JM */
if (unlikely(nf_ct_is_dying(ct))) {
- nf_ct_add_to_dying_list(ct);
nf_conntrack_double_unlock(hash, reply_hash);
local_bh_enable();
return NF_ACCEPT;
@@ -640,6 +636,8 @@ __nf_conntrack_confirm(struct sk_buff *skb)
zone == nf_ct_zone(nf_ct_tuplehash_to_ctrack(h)))
goto out;
+ nf_ct_del_from_dying_or_unconfirmed_list(ct);
+
/* Timer relative to confirmation time, not original
setting time, otherwise we'd get timer wrap in
weird delay cases. */
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