diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6634f29ca3a7..9793fe8faeba 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 02160695a40f915e5c0f5bbe1288365f6ac7cf8e
+refs/heads/master: 59909c7c296a9f75ff395db2006de0aa6f57e7a7
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/wl_mac80211.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/wl_mac80211.c
index 18f1ccfa0d4f..bf98a151de6d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/wl_mac80211.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/wl_mac80211.c
@@ -1804,7 +1804,6 @@ static int wl_request_fw(struct wl_info *wl, struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		if (status) {
 			WL_ERROR("%s: fail to load firmware %s\n",
 				 KBUILD_MODNAME, fw_name);
-			wl_release_fw(wl);
 			return status;
 		}
 		WL_NONE("request fw %s\n", fw_name);
@@ -1814,7 +1813,6 @@ static int wl_request_fw(struct wl_info *wl, struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		if (status) {
 			WL_ERROR("%s: fail to load firmware %s\n",
 				 KBUILD_MODNAME, fw_name);
-			wl_release_fw(wl);
 			return status;
 		}
 		wl->fw.hdr_num_entries[i] =