diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 537a94c9e50d..7c029984ff1b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b64de35654cea2f5301d08f9195836f7ea8118c0
+refs/heads/master: 743b4518f9432e09ade6120ced414558969ba5fd
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
index 3795686f6e2a..364f7884a3d3 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
@@ -427,8 +427,10 @@ static int ath6kl_cfg80211_connect(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	if (sme->ie && (sme->ie_len > 0)) {
 		status = ath6kl_set_assoc_req_ies(vif, sme->ie, sme->ie_len);
-		if (status)
+		if (status) {
+			up(&ar->sem);
 			return status;
+		}
 	} else
 		ar->connect_ctrl_flags &= ~CONNECT_WPS_FLAG;