diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ce049701670e..c85ee8eabdea 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 70f8002d7813ffc5dd9ff3e9d01a17794fb4a4df
+refs/heads/master: 720f3d7cb19eb27f85f72836c8f8004ccb257f39
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/trunk/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index b7b3f5b0d406..ca6fd80c2b40 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ static int init_status (struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 		} else {
 			usb_fill_int_urb(dev->interrupt, dev->udev, pipe,
 				buf, maxp, intr_complete, dev, period);
+			dev->interrupt->transfer_flags |= URB_FREE_BUFFER;
 			dev_dbg(&intf->dev,
 				"status ep%din, %d bytes period %d\n",
 				usb_pipeendpoint(pipe), maxp, period);