diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 819de2708766..bc9052e99288 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2f7ca802bdae2ca41022618391c70c2876d92190
+refs/heads/master: 1694f25b4beb80b911fb21efcff36acca39aa696
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c
index c7337306ffa7..089578f6855a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c
@@ -2012,6 +2012,7 @@ s32 e1000e_write_nvm_spi(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 offset, u16 words, u16 *data)
 	}
 
 	msleep(10);
+	nvm->ops.release_nvm(hw);
 	return 0;
 }