diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 046f5bf02ebc..799cb25051f0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bd2033f27f346610b11b40a74ff7d1d023abcfd9
+refs/heads/master: 83af036d9878dc5b7ba72efa52f066a25639740e
diff --git a/trunk/sound/pci/hda/patch_si3054.c b/trunk/sound/pci/hda/patch_si3054.c
index cc87dff1eb56..ed5e45e35963 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/pci/hda/patch_si3054.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/pci/hda/patch_si3054.c
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ static int si3054_init(struct hda_codec *codec)
 
 	if((val&SI3054_MEI_READY) != SI3054_MEI_READY) {
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "si3054: cannot initialize. EXT MID = %04x\n", val);
-		return -EACCES;
+		/* let's pray that this is no fatal error */
+		/* return -EACCES; */
 	}
 
 	SET_REG(codec, SI3054_GPIO_POLARITY, 0xffff);