diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index afa80fc17d42..29e240b6159b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: eef55ac7bf16669cb022db30143d0a6d8cb1f5e6
+refs/heads/master: e71180f3689e00c5a1095925352a72dacdd62e34
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_eth.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_eth.c
index 0975dd4ed77d..3b49efa37ee5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_eth.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_eth.c
@@ -241,12 +241,10 @@ islpci_eth_transmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 	return 0;
 
       drop_free:
-	/* free the skbuf structure before aborting */
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-	skb = NULL;
-
 	priv->statistics.tx_dropped++;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->slock, flags);
+	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	skb = NULL;
 	return err;
 }