diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index df6ae38a6510..4f7c0199580e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8e280d94e29af67035637fb957daba7ae0d23583
+refs/heads/master: ba11203a11835737df980ef3dd3bd8325b9cc94e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c b/trunk/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c
index c63de8f0fa9e..75c372136702 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ int ipath_init_chip(struct ipath_devdata *dd, int reinit)
 	dd->ipath_pioavregs = ALIGN(val, sizeof(u64) * BITS_PER_BYTE / 2)
 		/ (sizeof(u64) * BITS_PER_BYTE / 2);
 	if (ipath_kpiobufs == 0) {
-		/* not set by user, or set explictly to default  */
+		/* not set by user (this is default) */
 		if ((dd->ipath_piobcnt2k + dd->ipath_piobcnt4k) > 128)
 			kpiobufs = 32;
 		else
@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ static int ipath_set_kpiobufs(const char *str, struct kernel_param *kp)
 			dd->ipath_piobcnt2k + dd->ipath_piobcnt4k - val;
 	}
 
+	ipath_kpiobufs = val;
 	ret = 0;
 bail:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ipath_devs_lock, flags);