diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5c2977fc18c1..7dcb4be1ed5b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 43f5e46c8e74046a969a3811d7760d1988a8f4bf
+refs/heads/master: ef40bb1bd01738670bd567e3dce8e862f2b91bf3
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/trunk/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index ed0510a912c8..edc88bc68b3d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -718,6 +718,7 @@ _request_firmware_prepare(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
 	if (test_bit(FW_STATUS_ABORT, &buf->status)) {
 		fw_priv = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		firmware->priv = buf;
 		_request_firmware_cleanup(firmware_p);
 		goto exit;
 	} else if (test_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &buf->status)) {