1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 37c881070963..9066c874e273 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1259,6 +1259,8 @@ int dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
                 if (skb_checksum_help(skb, 0))
                         goto out_kfree_skb;
 
+        spin_lock_prefetch(&dev->queue_lock);
+
         /* Disable soft irqs for various locks below. Also 
          * stops preemption for RCU. 
          */