diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 30f091bd487f..748dc2097e0c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c196b02ce60d7b1f9bc62a62c5706d4d58fbfc5a
+refs/heads/master: 97dc875f90a7b88a9fa476c256345c0d40fcdf6c
diff --git a/trunk/net/caif/cfserl.c b/trunk/net/caif/cfserl.c
index cb4325a3dc83..965c5baace40 100644
--- a/trunk/net/caif/cfserl.c
+++ b/trunk/net/caif/cfserl.c
@@ -59,16 +59,18 @@ static int cfserl_receive(struct cflayer *l, struct cfpkt *newpkt)
 	u8 stx = CFSERL_STX;
 	int ret;
 	u16 expectlen = 0;
+
 	caif_assert(newpkt != NULL);
 	spin_lock(&layr->sync);
 
 	if (layr->incomplete_frm != NULL) {
-
 		layr->incomplete_frm =
 		    cfpkt_append(layr->incomplete_frm, newpkt, expectlen);
 		pkt = layr->incomplete_frm;
-		if (pkt == NULL)
+		if (pkt == NULL) {
+			spin_unlock(&layr->sync);
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 	} else {
 		pkt = newpkt;
 	}