diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1e0575a720dc..385e42913095 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5fdb9973c10c2d2e046da0976782ece25e78dc8b
+refs/heads/master: 6c60e0c30c80fcd53e61701b7865a85283f8a341
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/acenic.c b/trunk/drivers/net/acenic.c
index 5f0b05c2d71f..d82a9a994753 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/acenic.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/acenic.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,8 @@ static int __devinit ace_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	memset(ap->info, 0, sizeof(struct ace_info));
 	memset(ap->skb, 0, sizeof(struct ace_skb));
 
-	if (ace_load_firmware(dev))
+	ecode = ace_load_firmware(dev);
+	if (ecode)
 		goto init_error;
 
 	ap->fw_running = 0;