diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4649510e15d2..bd51a4bb81d9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0e82e7f6dfeec1013339612f74abc2cdd29d43d2
+refs/heads/master: f01fc1a82c2ee68726b400fadb156bd623b5f2f1
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index db5611ae407e..79f4a26ea6cc 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -7922,12 +7922,19 @@ static int __init ixgbe_init_module(void)
 	ixgbe_dbg_init();
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
 
+	ret = pci_register_driver(&ixgbe_driver);
+	if (ret) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+		ixgbe_dbg_exit();
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCA
 	dca_register_notify(&dca_notifier);
 #endif
 
-	ret = pci_register_driver(&ixgbe_driver);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 module_init(ixgbe_init_module);