diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ecf29266904c..ca473092d914 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9bc18091a5e44a368827f539289b99788eb27d4e
+refs/heads/master: 8c893ff6abbac0c7c05b1cb9bfb6e2dfc4538c75
diff --git a/trunk/net/irda/irlap.c b/trunk/net/irda/irlap.c
index 7029618f5719..a16528657b4c 100644
--- a/trunk/net/irda/irlap.c
+++ b/trunk/net/irda/irlap.c
@@ -884,7 +884,8 @@ static void irlap_change_speed(struct irlap_cb *self, __u32 speed, int now)
 	if (now) {
 		/* Send down empty frame to trigger speed change */
 		skb = dev_alloc_skb(0);
-		irlap_queue_xmit(self, skb);
+		if (skb)
+			irlap_queue_xmit(self, skb);
 	}
 }