--- a/devices/r8169-2.6.33-ethercat.c	Thu Sep 06 14:21:02 2012 +0200
+++ b/devices/r8169-2.6.33-ethercat.c	Mon Nov 03 15:20:05 2014 +0100
@@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@
 
 	if (!tp->ecdev)
 		spin_lock_irq(&tp->lock);
-	
+
 	if (tp->phy_reset_pending(ioaddr)) {
 		/*
 		 * A busy loop could burn quite a few cycles on nowadays CPU.
@@ -3234,9 +3234,12 @@
 
 	device_set_wakeup_enable(&pdev->dev, tp->features & RTL_FEATURE_WOL);
 
-	if (tp->ecdev && ecdev_open(tp->ecdev)) {
-		ecdev_withdraw(tp->ecdev);
-		goto err_out_msi_5;
+	if (tp->ecdev) {
+		rc = ecdev_open(tp->ecdev);
+		if (rc) {
+			ecdev_withdraw(tp->ecdev);
+			goto err_out_msi_5;
+		}
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -3339,7 +3342,6 @@
 			goto err_release_ring_2;
 
 		napi_enable(&tp->napi);
- 
 	}
 
 	rtl_hw_start(dev);
@@ -4943,7 +4945,7 @@
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(device);
 	struct net_device *dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct rtl8169_private *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
-	
+
 	if (tp->ecdev)
  		return -EBUSY;