diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6310e8114df7..6642852c4a35 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 842509b8591fd9a40f5532a5f049bd29804af6d6
+refs/heads/master: ba5d47cf4313e86afe046d402b8cfe7b2bca911d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/irda/sh_sir.c b/trunk/drivers/net/irda/sh_sir.c
index d7c983dc91ad..761ed012f0bb 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/irda/sh_sir.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/irda/sh_sir.c
@@ -645,8 +645,10 @@ static int sh_sir_open(struct net_device *ndev)
 	sh_sir_set_baudrate(self, 9600);
 
 	self->irlap = irlap_open(ndev, &self->qos, DRIVER_NAME);
-	if (!self->irlap)
+	if (!self->irlap) {
+		err = -ENODEV;
 		goto open_err;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Now enable the interrupt then start the queue