diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2f9ee55016b6..aa46b25b6c56 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 45d2530167027e96686a1b6a7892c55af1f516f5
+refs/heads/master: ab3b1c7e82fe6094a07baa5d2cb0138c4cb40fcb
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/chelsio/my3126.c b/trunk/drivers/net/chelsio/my3126.c
index c7731b6f9de3..82fed1dd5005 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/chelsio/my3126.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/chelsio/my3126.c
@@ -170,9 +170,10 @@ static struct cphy *my3126_phy_create(adapter_t *adapter,
 {
 	struct cphy *cphy = kzalloc(sizeof (*cphy), GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	if (cphy)
-		cphy_init(cphy, adapter, phy_addr, &my3126_ops, mdio_ops);
+	if (!cphy)
+		return NULL;
 
+	cphy_init(cphy, adapter, phy_addr, &my3126_ops, mdio_ops);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&cphy->phy_update, my3216_poll);
 	cphy->bmsr = 0;