diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 108d8af17de8..6d774e0b3cd3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c37452b0687e5c8942dd4866f7c614105e6050c3
+refs/heads/master: 62b4fb66c5611c4e2b9279810c2d037fb5b5fa68
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/debug.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/debug.c
index b0ff4792546e..82573cadb1ab 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/debug.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/debug.c
@@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ static ssize_t read_file_rcstat(struct file *file, char __user *user_buf,
 {
 	struct ath_softc *sc = file->private_data;
 
+	if (sc->cur_rate_table == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (conf_is_ht(&sc->hw->conf))
 		return ath_read_file_stat_11n_rc(file, user_buf, count, ppos);
 	else