diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e51a5acfc3b8..37f8e182edb9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 624d914d091a5eebb4d648bd6b4ae6481171ae5c
+refs/heads/master: 5fdaecdb0d8fd8131d2adb9ca0ae2b77707b36ca
diff --git a/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c b/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
index e7749dee7c40..ef0a0eebec83 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ int snd_hda_get_raw_connections(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t nid,
 	unsigned int shift, num_elems, mask;
 	unsigned int wcaps;
 	hda_nid_t prev_nid;
+	int null_count = 0;
 
 	if (snd_BUG_ON(!conn_list || max_conns <= 0))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ int snd_hda_get_raw_connections(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t nid,
 		}
 		range_val = !!(parm & (1 << (shift-1))); /* ranges */
 		val = parm & mask;
-		if (val == 0) {
+		if (val == 0 && null_count++) {  /* no second chance */
 			snd_printk(KERN_WARNING "hda_codec: "
 				   "invalid CONNECT_LIST verb %x[%i]:%x\n",
 				    nid, i, parm);