diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 27c4185fd5b2..28bff8fe36a9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 583f81644ab34a1314827a1dffc7fc8fbad7dc0f
+refs/heads/master: b50a62bb39c66e6ed5f1f581bb32644936f08cf3
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.c
index 38243aa8614f..e00d64be8d75 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.c
@@ -322,6 +322,10 @@ int wl12xx_allocate_link(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif, u8 *hlid)
 	__set_bit(link, wl->links_map);
 	__set_bit(link, wlvif->links_map);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wl->wl_lock, flags);
+
+	/* take the last "freed packets" value from the current FW status */
+	wl->links[link].prev_freed_pkts =
+			wl->fw_status_2->counters.tx_lnk_free_pkts[link];
 	*hlid = link;
 	return 0;
 }