--- a/devices/e100-2.6.27-ethercat.c	Mon Oct 27 14:55:50 2014 +0100
+++ b/devices/e100-2.6.27-ethercat.c	Mon Oct 27 16:33:23 2014 +0100
@@ -2896,7 +2896,8 @@
 	// offer device to EtherCAT master module
 	nic->ecdev = ecdev_offer(netdev, e100_ec_poll, THIS_MODULE);
 	if (nic->ecdev) {
-		if (ecdev_open(nic->ecdev)) {
+		err = ecdev_open(nic->ecdev);
+		if (err) {
 			ecdev_withdraw(nic->ecdev);
 			goto err_out_free;
 		}