diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b1e44099b1a1..dbd3983d835f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c587aea951a56d29741a3cef4ea3e142c93b3207
+refs/heads/master: c8a5a658b826508c7c61b57e9a590f7b8760fb51
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
index 5d3343ef3d86..7acf204e38c9 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
@@ -184,6 +184,13 @@ void netxen_free_sw_resources(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
 	kfree(recv_ctx->rds_rings);
 
 skip_rds:
+	if (recv_ctx->sds_rings == NULL)
+		goto skip_sds;
+
+	for(ring = 0; ring < adapter->max_sds_rings; ring++)
+		recv_ctx->sds_rings[ring].consumer = 0;
+
+skip_sds:
 	if (adapter->tx_ring == NULL)
 		return;