diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b2ee976afba9..055af4f3f755 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1e34a11d55c9437775367d72ad03f9af99e78bd0
+refs/heads/master: a781cf94e6dcc09bf13e548298185d916d9ff3c8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 1a6b0e0edf6f..0b3ec7e4d93b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -6342,6 +6342,11 @@ static int __iwl_up(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!priv->ucode_data_backup.v_addr || !priv->ucode_data.v_addr) {
+		IWL_ERROR("ucode not available for device bringup\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	iwl_write32(priv, CSR_INT, 0xFFFFFFFF);
 
 	rc = iwl_hw_nic_init(priv);
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
index 6cd57c220631..15a45f471710 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
@@ -6698,6 +6698,11 @@ static int __iwl_up(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!priv->ucode_data_backup.v_addr || !priv->ucode_data.v_addr) {
+		IWL_ERROR("ucode not available for device bringup\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	iwl_write32(priv, CSR_INT, 0xFFFFFFFF);
 
 	rc = iwl_hw_nic_init(priv);