diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6ed6a22d1221..13f5930fe358 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7e95fffe080d4dbe826dfe864eb084916cdc6468
+refs/heads/master: 124dd90f6525ee785b47b59aebadd4a35f797dc1
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
index 5c1776406c96..15eefa1d61fd 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
@@ -306,19 +306,22 @@ mega_query_adapter(adapter_t *adapter)
 	adapter->host->sg_tablesize = adapter->sglen;
 
 
-	/* use HP firmware and bios version encoding */
+	/* use HP firmware and bios version encoding
+	   Note: fw_version[0|1] and bios_version[0|1] were originally shifted
+	   right 8 bits making them zero. This 0 value was hardcoded to fix
+	   sparse warnings. */
 	if (adapter->product_info.subsysvid == HP_SUBSYS_VID) {
 		sprintf (adapter->fw_version, "%c%d%d.%d%d",
 			 adapter->product_info.fw_version[2],
-			 adapter->product_info.fw_version[1] >> 8,
+			 0,
 			 adapter->product_info.fw_version[1] & 0x0f,
-			 adapter->product_info.fw_version[0] >> 8,
+			 0,
 			 adapter->product_info.fw_version[0] & 0x0f);
 		sprintf (adapter->bios_version, "%c%d%d.%d%d",
 			 adapter->product_info.bios_version[2],
-			 adapter->product_info.bios_version[1] >> 8,
+			 0,
 			 adapter->product_info.bios_version[1] & 0x0f,
-			 adapter->product_info.bios_version[0] >> 8,
+			 0,
 			 adapter->product_info.bios_version[0] & 0x0f);
 	} else {
 		memcpy(adapter->fw_version,