diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d69f7332aa8b..840cb2d59f09 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5084d71d89e1a94193378efb12ac659e4e6ada3f
+refs/heads/master: 1e2a2551ee8fbbac082eb4c14af1289e7aa880f0
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index b81f924c47bc..c9ecb7b04c1f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -156,15 +156,19 @@ static int drbd_adm_prepare(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info,
 	       return -EPERM;
 
 	adm_ctx.reply_skb = genlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!adm_ctx.reply_skb)
+	if (!adm_ctx.reply_skb) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	adm_ctx.reply_dh = genlmsg_put_reply(adm_ctx.reply_skb,
 					info, &drbd_genl_family, 0, cmd);
 	/* put of a few bytes into a fresh skb of >= 4k will always succeed.
 	 * but anyways */
-	if (!adm_ctx.reply_dh)
+	if (!adm_ctx.reply_dh) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	adm_ctx.reply_dh->minor = d_in->minor;
 	adm_ctx.reply_dh->ret_code = NO_ERROR;
@@ -229,7 +233,7 @@ static int drbd_adm_prepare(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info,
 fail:
 	nlmsg_free(adm_ctx.reply_skb);
 	adm_ctx.reply_skb = NULL;
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int drbd_adm_finish(struct genl_info *info, int retcode)