diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 36d9171a6f61..7bb033e82975 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8c1056839e808aad728db86d739ffec71d2d1db8
+refs/heads/master: a50bb7b9af9a7c39b2aba15678eb686ae428718c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/tg3.c b/trunk/drivers/net/tg3.c
index beeb612be98f..2bd9592b75cd 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/tg3.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/tg3.c
@@ -8454,6 +8454,9 @@ static int tg3_run_loopback(struct tg3 *tp, int loopback_mode)
 
 	tx_len = 1514;
 	skb = dev_alloc_skb(tx_len);
+	if (!skb)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	tx_data = skb_put(skb, tx_len);
 	memcpy(tx_data, tp->dev->dev_addr, 6);
 	memset(tx_data + 6, 0x0, 8);