diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1fd9d2c9e9d9..d43da19312f3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5c30c76ee616fffb47cbd9810bfd0a99ce4ddb38
+refs/heads/master: 0c34861e7c66435ab0986509ec20055c402f29d8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-4965-rs.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-4965-rs.c
index 24d149909ba3..9b65153bdd01 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-4965-rs.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-4965-rs.c
@@ -2275,6 +2275,9 @@ iwl4965_rs_get_rate(void *priv_r, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta,
 	if (rate_control_send_low(sta, priv_sta, txrc))
 		return;
 
+	if (!lq_sta)
+		return;
+
 	rate_idx  = lq_sta->last_txrate_idx;
 
 	if (lq_sta->last_rate_n_flags & RATE_MCS_HT_MSK) {