diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6d6637c8adaa..9dc18c779ea4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e801e128b2200c40a0ec236cf2330b2586b6e05a
+refs/heads/master: e57e0d8e818512047fe379157c3f77f1b9fabffb
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c b/trunk/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
index 277c429a138f..0696e36b0539 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
@@ -1052,7 +1052,6 @@ static int erase_worker(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_work *wl_wrk,
 
 	ubi_err("failed to erase PEB %d, error %d", pnum, err);
 	kfree(wl_wrk);
-	kmem_cache_free(ubi_wl_entry_slab, e);
 
 	if (err == -EINTR || err == -ENOMEM || err == -EAGAIN ||
 	    err == -EBUSY) {
@@ -1065,14 +1064,16 @@ static int erase_worker(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_work *wl_wrk,
 			goto out_ro;
 		}
 		return err;
-	} else if (err != -EIO) {
+	}
+
+	kmem_cache_free(ubi_wl_entry_slab, e);
+	if (err != -EIO)
 		/*
 		 * If this is not %-EIO, we have no idea what to do. Scheduling
 		 * this physical eraseblock for erasure again would cause
 		 * errors again and again. Well, lets switch to R/O mode.
 		 */
 		goto out_ro;
-	}
 
 	/* It is %-EIO, the PEB went bad */