diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 507c10206a1a..22055cfe8dc7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 433c3990a3595efe81e34a8c12ebf1746b94dc88
+refs/heads/master: 01967360a20598f95947a86af26c930ab1b50205
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c
index 25de6f9a9778..3cddd78e88ac 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c
@@ -3260,10 +3260,20 @@ static int ar9300_eeprom_restore_internal(struct ath_hw *ah,
 	int it;
 	u16 checksum, mchecksum;
 	struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
+	struct ar9300_eeprom *eep;
 	eeprom_read_op read;
 
-	if (ath9k_hw_use_flash(ah))
-		return ar9300_eeprom_restore_flash(ah, mptr, mdata_size);
+	if (ath9k_hw_use_flash(ah)) {
+		u8 txrx;
+
+		ar9300_eeprom_restore_flash(ah, mptr, mdata_size);
+
+		/* check if eeprom contains valid data */
+		eep = (struct ar9300_eeprom *) mptr;
+		txrx = eep->baseEepHeader.txrxMask;
+		if (txrx != 0 && txrx != 0xff)
+			return 0;
+	}
 
 	word = kzalloc(2048, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!word)