diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 551b04880202..acb6604a73f6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4906a15c037f423b711ed2927836568264761927
+refs/heads/master: 4fd4d7d8de0ade3da10f9d08506dca5b4ddf1245
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.c
index 9216b07a855d..32f19b7493d9 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.c
@@ -343,12 +343,13 @@ static s32 hmc5843_set_rate(struct i2c_client *client,
 	struct hmc5843_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 	u8 reg_val;
 
-	reg_val = (data->meas_conf) |  (rate << HMC5843_RATE_OFFSET);
 	if (rate >= HMC5843_RATE_NOT_USED) {
 		dev_err(&client->dev,
 			"data output rate is not supported\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+
+	reg_val = data->meas_conf | (rate << HMC5843_RATE_OFFSET);
 	return i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, HMC5843_CONFIG_REG_A, reg_val);
 }