diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cc58077fe3d8..8f0e1df922c1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 198439e4afec431d2fa2cab9a4dcca87e5adc7a5
+refs/heads/master: 690e744869f3262855b83b4fb59199cf142765b0
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/gdth.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/gdth.c
index 185e6bc4dd40..9e8fce0f0c1b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/gdth.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/gdth.c
@@ -2900,7 +2900,7 @@ static int gdth_read_event(gdth_ha_str *ha, int handle, gdth_evt_str *estr)
         eindex = handle;
     estr->event_source = 0;
 
-    if (eindex >= MAX_EVENTS) {
+    if (eindex < 0 || eindex >= MAX_EVENTS) {
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->smp_lock, flags);
         return eindex;
     }