diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2edca3176b73..bc68bddffc91 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 46baa1a24945b5813097af5a632db721f9c9d03b
+refs/heads/master: 66b10e33f742bb45a29b7dbbc8dc85583d4c9ef6
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
index 8838cdfcc497..4528df4a5bdc 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
@@ -652,6 +652,12 @@ static int ath9k_hif_usb_alloc_rx_urbs(struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev)
 			usb_unanchor_urb(urb);
 			goto err_submit;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Drop reference count.
+		 * This ensures that the URB is freed when killing them.
+		 */
+		usb_free_urb(urb);
 	}
 
 	return 0;