diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6e75221a5333..73adbb77ff14 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 41511704b678f7b101a76e58d6c6b7bbe2a9ad70
+refs/heads/master: 474ffb74c75ea9845860ffb24cdc127eda0d5657
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
index e98e792ab045..634b2fea9c4d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
@@ -11578,7 +11578,8 @@ lpfc_sli4_post_scsi_sgl_block(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct list_head *sblist,
 static int
 lpfc_fc_frame_check(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct fc_frame_header *fc_hdr)
 {
-	char *rctl_names[] = FC_RCTL_NAMES_INIT;
+	/*  make rctl_names static to save stack space */
+	static char *rctl_names[] = FC_RCTL_NAMES_INIT;
 	char *type_names[] = FC_TYPE_NAMES_INIT;
 	struct fc_vft_header *fc_vft_hdr;