diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 98f55ebd49a6..bac8aeb03270 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c3203374bea328af54843bd72f9306e6c7832db4
+refs/heads/master: bfc8bbf91f861815d0382a26b4bbc825f5531bfa
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
index 314aedc0f9b3..6d036b7e8a44 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
@@ -919,6 +919,10 @@ int brcmf_fws_init(struct brcmf_pub *drvr)
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	/* set linkage back */
+	drvr->fws->drvr = drvr;
+	drvr->fws->fcmode = fcmode;
+
 	/* enable proptxtstatus signaling by default */
 	rc = brcmf_fil_iovar_int_set(drvr->iflist[0], "tlv", tlv);
 	if (rc < 0) {
@@ -937,10 +941,6 @@ int brcmf_fws_init(struct brcmf_pub *drvr)
 	/* create debugfs file for statistics */
 	brcmf_debugfs_create_fws_stats(drvr, &drvr->fws->stats);
 
-	/* set linkage back */
-	drvr->fws->drvr = drvr;
-	drvr->fws->fcmode = fcmode;
-
 	/* TODO: remove upon feature delivery */
 	brcmf_err("%s bdcv2 tlv signaling [%x]\n",
 		  drvr->fw_signals ? "enabled" : "disabled", tlv);