diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d1cfe8eafcbc..dfb49a6640a1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b14c369d87d7fbf120ad21919d34a8f1290290f1
+refs/heads/master: 215fa444c2a6d571f1f915cf3dc7a8b01cc51a0a
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/firewire/ohci.c b/trunk/drivers/firewire/ohci.c
index a818dc834690..448598876278 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/firewire/ohci.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/firewire/ohci.c
@@ -527,6 +527,9 @@ static int read_phy_reg(struct fw_ohci *ohci, int addr)
 	reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_PhyControl, OHCI1394_PhyControl_Read(addr));
 	for (i = 0; i < 3 + 100; i++) {
 		val = reg_read(ohci, OHCI1394_PhyControl);
+		if (!~val)
+			return -ENODEV; /* Card was ejected. */
+
 		if (val & OHCI1394_PhyControl_ReadDone)
 			return OHCI1394_PhyControl_ReadData(val);
 
@@ -550,6 +553,9 @@ static int write_phy_reg(const struct fw_ohci *ohci, int addr, u32 val)
 		  OHCI1394_PhyControl_Write(addr, val));
 	for (i = 0; i < 3 + 100; i++) {
 		val = reg_read(ohci, OHCI1394_PhyControl);
+		if (!~val)
+			return -ENODEV; /* Card was ejected. */
+
 		if (!(val & OHCI1394_PhyControl_WritePending))
 			return 0;