diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6da70d11d670..9776d22caf53 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a5eafce2ce2fd3a1956657d85908ca691b870e5d
+refs/heads/master: 864c4e45ec6d1bfe16a14d887d5baad201419aba
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index fc39cbcee2bc..c58fafd1c4be 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3604,7 +3604,8 @@ e1000_clean_rx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 			/* All receives must fit into a single buffer */
 			E1000_DBG("%s: Receive packet consumed multiple"
 				  " buffers\n", netdev->name);
-			dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+			/* recycle */
+			buffer_info-> skb = skb;
 			goto next_desc;
 		}