diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6203c8311e64..812fd682a479 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3038bdb122c8aa2b219b548a345aafb1204c4f0b
+refs/heads/master: 9f1e7582749980b51da67671b2536aadca3596b8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ax88796.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ax88796.c
index 55c9958043c4..20e946b1e744 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ax88796.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ax88796.c
@@ -481,8 +481,10 @@ static int ax_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = ax_ei_open(dev);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	/* turn the phy on (if turned off) */