diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 37a85f928a49..4f4970669d92 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3157183a90fdbd686f939d2f032b675f7e9983d6
+refs/heads/master: 18e3ee2cf96adf072deeb291eed670f2c23bb2fc
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/sfc/mcdi.c b/trunk/drivers/net/sfc/mcdi.c
index e389ac6c214f..b716e827b291 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/sfc/mcdi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/sfc/mcdi.c
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ static void efx_mcdi_ev_death(struct efx_nic *efx, int rc)
 		if (mcdi->mode == MCDI_MODE_EVENTS) {
 			mcdi->resprc = rc;
 			mcdi->resplen = 0;
+			++mcdi->credits;
 		}
 	} else
 		/* Nobody was waiting for an MCDI request, so trigger a reset */