diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ab35d3da7ee5..589105acc587 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9ed4cb073438e2154778f0d693d966359afd6549
+refs/heads/master: 49e86f16866fbf8e3c9a6b0770eb6f3c167f4b72
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index 8ab9c3d4bf13..89bdc31a3dc6 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ static int add_inbuf(struct virtqueue *vq, struct port_buffer *buf)
 
 	ret = virtqueue_add_buf(vq, sg, 0, 1, buf, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	virtqueue_kick(vq);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = vq->num_free;
 	return ret;
 }