diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b4ae2cf2b595..65ec1da0b45c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7e052d98f2bbcaaaa6d509081d78e600927cfe60
+refs/heads/master: 8cad0af9a1a1882cd00f12f8f7c79690f563b1d7
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/Connection.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/Connection.c
index dbf00560e0ac..1e4111412ab6 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/Connection.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/Connection.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int VmbusConnect(void)
 			  sizeof(struct vmbus_channel_initiate_contact),
 			  GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (msgInfo == NULL) {
-		ret = -1;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto Cleanup;
 	}
 
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ int VmbusDisconnect(void)
 		return -1;
 
 	msg = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vmbus_channel_message_header), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!msg)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	msg->MessageType = ChannelMessageUnload;