diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8113107b1402..6159646d1042 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 64154835c58a99370c3b7fbf85d2451d6906b3b4
+refs/heads/master: c217429b14708999d6ac5de964c452600e8797d3
diff --git a/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index 810465bac550..f13834ba6b1d 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -899,6 +899,8 @@ static struct hda_cache_head  *get_alloc_hash(struct hda_cache_rec *cache,
 
 	/* add a new hash entry */
 	info = snd_array_new(&cache->buf);
+	if (!info)
+		return NULL;
 	info->key = key;
 	info->val = 0;
 	info->next = cache->hash[idx];