diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3ba504fa487c..5ea8d56b57ee 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bfc960a8eec023a170a80697fe65157cd4f44f81
+refs/heads/master: fe5f098055ed7f701bfb16f8f87378cf67de9a0e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 8d63f69b27d9..5f89e83501f4 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -3919,12 +3919,12 @@ static int ql_adapter_down(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
 	for (i = 0; i < qdev->rss_ring_count; i++)
 		netif_napi_del(&qdev->rx_ring[i].napi);
 
-	ql_free_rx_buffers(qdev);
-
 	status = ql_adapter_reset(qdev);
 	if (status)
 		netif_err(qdev, ifdown, qdev->ndev, "reset(func #%d) FAILED!\n",
 			  qdev->func);
+	ql_free_rx_buffers(qdev);
+
 	return status;
 }