diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 91eedd502d95..b7432d24a20e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cd3decdfd1dbab8a585eafe2e5b9866f193de99e
+refs/heads/master: 2b78f9a002dccc587912af4da3bf1db86909de91
diff --git a/trunk/net/tipc/bcast.c b/trunk/net/tipc/bcast.c
index 5ca8fdda63ca..8f58df24bac5 100644
--- a/trunk/net/tipc/bcast.c
+++ b/trunk/net/tipc/bcast.c
@@ -417,13 +417,19 @@ int tipc_bclink_send_msg(struct sk_buff *buf)
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&bc_lock);
 
+	if (!bclink->bcast_nodes.count) {
+		res = msg_data_sz(buf_msg(buf));
+		buf_discard(buf);
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
 	res = tipc_link_send_buf(bcl, buf);
 	if (likely(res > 0))
 		bclink_set_last_sent();
 
 	bcl->stats.queue_sz_counts++;
 	bcl->stats.accu_queue_sz += bcl->out_queue_size;
-
+exit:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&bc_lock);
 	return res;
 }