diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0824a9ae58a8..fa8be88aaabc 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: df245dce572bc22b230a05532a3f9daee50effb5
+refs/heads/master: 761172fbf672c5784b2a0d71ca2f4389eb7a2c21
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ks8851.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ks8851.c
index 13cc1ca261d9..9e9f9b349766 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ks8851.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ks8851.c
@@ -722,12 +722,14 @@ static void ks8851_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		txb = skb_dequeue(&ks->txq);
 		last = skb_queue_empty(&ks->txq);
 
-		ks8851_wrreg16(ks, KS_RXQCR, ks->rc_rxqcr | RXQCR_SDA);
-		ks8851_wrpkt(ks, txb, last);
-		ks8851_wrreg16(ks, KS_RXQCR, ks->rc_rxqcr);
-		ks8851_wrreg16(ks, KS_TXQCR, TXQCR_METFE);
+		if (txb != NULL) {
+			ks8851_wrreg16(ks, KS_RXQCR, ks->rc_rxqcr | RXQCR_SDA);
+			ks8851_wrpkt(ks, txb, last);
+			ks8851_wrreg16(ks, KS_RXQCR, ks->rc_rxqcr);
+			ks8851_wrreg16(ks, KS_TXQCR, TXQCR_METFE);
 
-		ks8851_done_tx(ks, txb);
+			ks8851_done_tx(ks, txb);
+		}
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&ks->lock);