diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1e1941cad1f3..fa6543d66a9c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 900ff8c6321418dafa03c22e215cb9646a2541b9
+refs/heads/master: 629821d9b05254063df774594cfe15c0343b73f2
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/trunk/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index 28543d6c8e40..cd49ba949636 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ static void netbk_fatal_tx_err(struct xenvif *vif)
 {
 	netdev_err(vif->dev, "fatal error; disabling device\n");
 	xenvif_carrier_off(vif);
+	xenvif_put(vif);
 }
 
 static int netbk_count_requests(struct xenvif *vif,