diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 500f84198553..23691da1ae78 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4bd82136cdf04f3a8d50e20c1b76da750f75f2db
+refs/heads/master: d1519e23c2b3a518fb41daf3eceae43382433ceb
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/tty/ipwireless/network.c b/trunk/drivers/tty/ipwireless/network.c
index 57102e66165a..c0dfb642383b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/tty/ipwireless/network.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/tty/ipwireless/network.c
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *ipw_packet_received_skb(unsigned char *data,
 	}
 
 	skb = dev_alloc_skb(length + 4);
+	if (skb == NULL)
+		return NULL;
 	skb_reserve(skb, 2);
 	memcpy(skb_put(skb, length), data, length);
 
@@ -397,7 +399,8 @@ void ipwireless_network_packet_received(struct ipw_network *network,
 
 				/* Send the data to the ppp_generic module. */
 				skb = ipw_packet_received_skb(data, length);
-				ppp_input(network->ppp_channel, skb);
+				if (skb)
+					ppp_input(network->ppp_channel, skb);
 			} else
 				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&network->lock,
 						flags);