diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1d87bd7c725b..751537823300 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 09c71bfd8384278c42f56380365940508194cec0
+refs/heads/master: b88e769368a88cf28e53db158b84eda096144bce
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/trunk/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 50fcf9c04569..73ebbb1a3269 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -932,8 +932,10 @@ static void sender(void                *send_info,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&smi_info->msg_lock, flags);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&smi_info->si_lock, flags);
-	if (smi_info->si_state == SI_NORMAL && smi_info->curr_msg == NULL)
+	if (smi_info->si_state == SI_NORMAL && smi_info->curr_msg == NULL) {
 		start_next_msg(smi_info);
+		smi_event_handler(smi_info, 0);
+	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&smi_info->si_lock, flags);
 }