diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9102c82b77ee..59db22184df7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 900c6cfffac668199aaa30a20e31d07602f8a8ce
+refs/heads/master: 42f65cbad4168958dff8a307bfe4b528409951d3
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.c b/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.c
index 10ba72302fc9..ad124254b6a9 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.c
@@ -413,10 +413,15 @@ static int qlcnic_nic_add_mac(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter, u8 *addr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	memcpy(cur->mac_addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	list_add_tail(&cur->list, &adapter->mac_list);
 
-	return qlcnic_sre_macaddr_change(adapter,
-				cur->mac_addr, QLCNIC_MAC_ADD);
+	if (qlcnic_sre_macaddr_change(adapter,
+				cur->mac_addr, QLCNIC_MAC_ADD)) {
+		kfree(cur);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	list_add_tail(&cur->list, &adapter->mac_list);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void qlcnic_set_multi(struct net_device *netdev)