diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1f18699f36aa..62a157edca8b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0cfee51c7c1fa47d81b3d116df3b53c586aac422
+refs/heads/master: 70135393812f4aa10aa891725786a7657064c2fc
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c b/trunk/drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c
index 74730713a8d3..5ee2f07c929d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c
@@ -356,13 +356,14 @@ static int mei_irq_thread_write_complete(struct mei_device *dev, s32 *slots,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	if (mei_cl_flow_ctrl_reduce(cl))
-		return -ENODEV;
 
 	cl->status = 0;
 	cb->buf_idx += mei_hdr.length;
-	if (mei_hdr.msg_complete)
+	if (mei_hdr.msg_complete) {
+		if (mei_cl_flow_ctrl_reduce(cl))
+			return -ENODEV;
 		list_move_tail(&cb->list, &dev->write_waiting_list.list);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }