diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5d3177997c6c..fd3e34d06eaa 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c064efca9211d12bb9e6de8718fc39884eb883f2
+refs/heads/master: f65d1f082c8fb1bfae3f2cb51ec270da9b6366cf
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c b/trunk/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c
index ae5f11c8fc13..bdadf3e23c94 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t bpq_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned char *ptr;
 	struct bpqdev *bpq;
+	struct net_device *orig_dev;
 	int size;
 
 	/*
@@ -282,8 +283,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t bpq_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	bpq = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+	orig_dev = dev;
 	if ((dev = bpq_get_ether_dev(dev)) == NULL) {
-		dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
+		orig_dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}