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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
index 2bb6da057c40..a14561f40db0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
@@ -494,8 +494,12 @@ static int e1000_get_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
for (i = 0; i < last_word - first_word + 1; i++) {
ret_val = e1000_read_nvm(hw, first_word + i, 1,
&eeprom_buff[i]);
- if (ret_val)
+ if (ret_val) {
+ /* a read error occurred, throw away the
+ * result */
+ memset(eeprom_buff, 0xff, sizeof(eeprom_buff));
break;
+ }
}
}