diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3a686fd2d460..24718c2766ab 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8744969a819de4ee5158f4cdb30104601cc015d4
+refs/heads/master: 822bd5aa2b8e8fa1d328f03bf5b9c75701481bf0
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/spi/tle62x0.c b/trunk/drivers/spi/tle62x0.c
index 6da58ca48b33..455991fbe28f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/spi/tle62x0.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/spi/tle62x0.c
@@ -107,8 +107,11 @@ static ssize_t tle62x0_status_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	mutex_lock(&st->lock);
 	ret = tle62x0_read(st);
-
 	dev_dbg(dev, "tle62x0_read() returned %d\n", ret);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mutex_unlock(&st->lock);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	for (ptr = 0; ptr < (st->nr_gpio * 2)/8; ptr += 1) {
 		fault <<= 8;