diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4cca648ecfe2..b3912e459df9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b209639e8a91aaabedf8bf3716710e6d9ae942e3
+refs/heads/master: 1b0b04f9fb657a9ee85e3b9388394b9b943f7ffc
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/trunk/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 6422422b8e3d..4bc3a57c183d 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ __be32 ic_servaddr = NONE;	/* Boot server IP address */
 __be32 root_server_addr = NONE;	/* Address of NFS server */
 u8 root_server_path[256] = { 0, };	/* Path to mount as root */
 
-static char vendor_class_identifier[253]; /* vendor class identifier */
+/* vendor class identifier */
+static char vendor_class_identifier[253] __initdata;
 
 /* Persistent data: */