diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4a0bbbc6568a..49be4146c228 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 80871e63e410c53524ef47eaf475c13e0f164ea6
+refs/heads/master: a24b163b7c16f9e30e726319115e45ed6e683582
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/pcnet32.c b/trunk/drivers/net/pcnet32.c
index 07c31f19c6ba..fc08c4af506c 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/pcnet32.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/pcnet32.c
@@ -1774,8 +1774,6 @@ static int pcnet32_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		lp->rx_dma_addr[i] = 0;
 	}
 
-	pcnet32_free_ring(dev);
-
 	/*
 	 * Switch back to 16bit mode to avoid problems with dumb
 	 * DOS packet driver after a warm reboot