diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9c725be80283..73bccf39f4ab 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2321f3b4afc7c017f34b0cad0624b3b9ebdf2ba4
+refs/heads/master: 986e3f6e2b4582d9a7e61de5090042d5af85da44
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c b/trunk/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
index 5e98643a4a21..7dc84971f26f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ static int kaweth_download_firmware(struct kaweth_device *kaweth,
 
 	if (fw->size > KAWETH_FIRMWARE_BUF_SIZE) {
 		err("Firmware too big: %zu", fw->size);
+		release_firmware(fw);
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 	data_len = fw->size;