diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 02726988f2a2..7adae95c53b1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 56bd194bb200ef0c49517de67a7d7f4b043b11b1
+refs/heads/master: b16895b63c504698b0c3ab26ca3c41a4fa162a42
diff --git a/trunk/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c b/trunk/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
index 77d3fdb0c21a..ed24eab647dd 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int winch_tramp(int fd, struct tty_struct *tty, int *fd_out)
 	 */
 	err = run_helper_thread(winch_thread, &data, CLONE_FILES, &stack, 0);
 	if(err < 0){
-		printk("fork of winch_thread failed - errno = %d\n", err);
+		printk("fork of winch_thread failed - errno = %d\n", -err);
 		goto out_close;
 	}