diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4f716d4f7a0a..8e93154994f9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c0c9209ddd96bc4f1d70a8b9958710671e076080
+refs/heads/master: aa94fbd5ccd840c8ab26d02439ec799b03a72547
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c b/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c
index e36d5798cbff..5131e5471169 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static struct k_itimer * alloc_posix_timer(void)
 		return tmr;
 	if (unlikely(!(tmr->sigq = sigqueue_alloc()))) {
 		kmem_cache_free(posix_timers_cache, tmr);
-		tmr = NULL;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 	memset(&tmr->sigq->info, 0, sizeof(siginfo_t));
 	return tmr;