diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c0349c1b67e8..05d979a63d5a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 44b451f1633896de15d2d52e1a2bd462e80b7814
+refs/heads/master: 3390712a474abdcd3de10024dd1062e5928d381c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ne.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ne.c
index b8e2923a1d69..1063093b3afc 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ne.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ne.c
@@ -806,8 +806,10 @@ static int __init ne_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dev->base_addr = res->start;
 		dev->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	} else {
-		if (this_dev < 0 || this_dev >= MAX_NE_CARDS)
+		if (this_dev < 0 || this_dev >= MAX_NE_CARDS) {
+			free_netdev(dev);
 			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 		dev->base_addr = io[this_dev];
 		dev->irq = irq[this_dev];
 		dev->mem_end = bad[this_dev];