diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5c656d76905d..fd3b504bb7a2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d2dcba612b357a4687843ad4f46629d219233fd7
+refs/heads/master: 2ed9926e16094ad143b96b09c64cba8bcba05ee1
diff --git a/trunk/net/ethernet/eth.c b/trunk/net/ethernet/eth.c
index a7b417523e9b..a80839b02e3f 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static int eth_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 static int eth_validate_addr(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
 	return 0;
 }