diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bf223d479c82..f6801325c9f8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f767b6df8a796f901b2bd595ae22234636be4124
+refs/heads/master: e84f885ebfb43b1ebb1481ee8bb2018743f947e9
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
index 1ac9b568f1b0..c81a6512c683 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
@@ -4120,6 +4120,7 @@ int vxge_fw_upgrade(struct vxgedev *vdev, char *fw_name, int override)
 	       "hotplug event.\n");
 
 out:
+	release_firmware(fw);
 	return ret;
 }