--- 2.3.18ac7-netlockup/net/ipv4/tcp.c.~1~	Tue Sep 21 19:54:59 1999
+++ 2.3.18ac7-netlockup/net/ipv4/tcp.c	Tue Sep 21 19:59:04 1999
@@ -1471,6 +1471,9 @@
 	struct tcp_opt *tp = &(sk->tp_pinfo.af_tcp);
 	struct open_request *req = tp->syn_wait_queue;
 
+	/* make all the syn_wait_queue list local to us */
+	tcp_synq_init_bh(tp);
+
 	while(req) {
 		struct open_request *iter;
 		
@@ -1491,7 +1494,6 @@
 	}
 	BUG_TRAP(tp->syn_backlog == 0);
 	BUG_TRAP(sk->ack_backlog == 0);
-	tcp_synq_init_bh(tp);
 }
 
 static __inline__ void tcp_kill_sk_queues(struct sock *sk)