diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e6ec4f188b2b..e38bbf884e26 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 27d0483aa1ef66a8877d71b63bb97f46ab0246b2
+refs/heads/master: 9b37ccfc637be27d9a652fcedc35e6e782c3aa78
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/module.c b/trunk/kernel/module.c
index 901cd6ac2f11..be4807fb90e4 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/module.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/module.c
@@ -1933,8 +1933,15 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 	/* Set up license info based on the info section */
 	set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license"));
 
+	/*
+	 * ndiswrapper is under GPL by itself, but loads proprietary modules.
+	 * Don't use add_taint_module(), as it would prevent ndiswrapper from
+	 * using GPL-only symbols it needs.
+	 */
 	if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0)
-		add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
+		add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
+
+	/* driverloader was caught wrongly pretending to be under GPL */
 	if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0)
 		add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);