diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7c479a72300a..f30b5ae59f03 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 96acb6eb8effe7c2549909e2ee49f4130f2c167d
+refs/heads/master: 63ac9b915924d1237d2135fcb4de724e6127ca5e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c589_cs.c b/trunk/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c589_cs.c
index 143ae2ff309e..503f2685fb73 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c589_cs.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c589_cs.c
@@ -629,9 +629,9 @@ static int el3_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	outw(SetTxThreshold + 1536, ioaddr + EL3_CMD);
     }
 
-    dev_kfree_skb(skb);
     pop_tx_status(dev);
     spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);    
+    dev_kfree_skb(skb);
     
     return 0;
 }