diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 81f4154bd8b0..af5e8dc2db92 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 973507cb8610d4c84f090d5f1f0ca54fa0559d27
+refs/heads/master: 363ec5614f86110c6a6bdd72ac2147ebafd3ff5e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/usb.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/usb.c
index 754b1f8d8da9..007eb85fc67e 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/usb.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/usb.c
@@ -598,11 +598,15 @@ static int ar9170_usb_request_firmware(struct ar9170_usb *aru)
 
 	err = request_firmware(&aru->init_values, "ar9170-1.fw",
 			       &aru->udev->dev);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(&aru->udev->dev, "file with init values not found.\n");
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	err = request_firmware(&aru->firmware, "ar9170-2.fw", &aru->udev->dev);
 	if (err) {
 		release_firmware(aru->init_values);
-		dev_err(&aru->udev->dev, "file with init values not found.\n");
+		dev_err(&aru->udev->dev, "firmware file not found.\n");
 		return err;
 	}