diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 887fc0608b51..6705100175f0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 590a58d18027b18db78f538aca592c2cdb249079
+refs/heads/master: 028816bc85db5ac6a562c2aff2113c7480d67919
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/media/IR/ir-raw-event.c b/trunk/drivers/media/IR/ir-raw-event.c
index 43094e7eccfa..8e0e1b1f8c87 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/media/IR/ir-raw-event.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/media/IR/ir-raw-event.c
@@ -279,9 +279,11 @@ int ir_raw_event_register(struct input_dev *input_dev)
 			"rc%u",  (unsigned int)ir->devno);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(ir->raw->thread)) {
+		int ret = PTR_ERR(ir->raw->thread);
+
 		kfree(ir->raw);
 		ir->raw = NULL;
-		return PTR_ERR(ir->raw->thread);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&ir_raw_handler_lock);