diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1a7ba128c9c0..a1ba120f7882 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: db9d1f6dd2601aee860304ffc1023a7d5709f314
+refs/heads/master: 34ec83f4c1dc0d6bf4b056f89841706907a06255
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
index f08f4593b186..ee0f0e4e41ad 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
@@ -3657,8 +3657,11 @@ static u32 slic_card_locate(struct adapter *adapter)
 	if (!physcard) {
 		/* no structure allocated for this physical card yet */
 		physcard = kzalloc(sizeof(struct physcard), GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (!physcard)
+		if (!physcard) {
+			if (card_hostid == SLIC_HOSTID_DEFAULT)
+				kfree(card);
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 
 		physcard->next = slic_global.phys_card;
 		slic_global.phys_card = physcard;