diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 284e11cf71ac..369fd510f108 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0eff683f737bf684dc9299e2eaca79cceb80a8c1
+refs/heads/master: 04d5821fa506551afbc072456fecee7b34b2977d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/eth16i.c b/trunk/drivers/net/eth16i.c
index 874973f558e9..10e39f2b31c3 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/eth16i.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/eth16i.c
@@ -1442,8 +1442,10 @@ int __init init_module(void)
 		dev->if_port = eth16i_parse_mediatype(mediatype[this_dev]);
 
 		if(io[this_dev] == 0) {
-			if(this_dev != 0) /* Only autoprobe 1st one */
+			if (this_dev != 0) { /* Only autoprobe 1st one */
+				free_netdev(dev);
 				break;
+			}
 
 			printk(KERN_NOTICE "eth16i.c: Presently autoprobing (not recommended) for a single card.\n");
 		}