diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 84f6e9c614f2..a28def481bc5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 65b07ec29354b345ff93914d064c2467aef4c862
+refs/heads/master: ed0ba33d64fb933f5fd985aa8f641984efd9d658
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c b/trunk/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
index bd5cfeaac203..78e845c94576 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
@@ -370,11 +370,11 @@ int schedule_nes_timer(struct nes_cm_node *cm_node, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	int ret = 0;
 	u32 was_timer_set;
 
+	if (!cm_node)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	new_send = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_send), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!new_send)
 		return -1;
-	if (!cm_node)
-		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* new_send->timetosend = currenttime */
 	new_send->retrycount = NES_DEFAULT_RETRYS;