diff -r af21f0bdc7c9 -r 2b9c78543663 devices/e100-2.6.28-ethercat.c
--- a/devices/e100-2.6.28-ethercat.c	Thu Sep 06 14:21:02 2012 +0200
+++ b/devices/e100-2.6.28-ethercat.c	Mon Nov 03 15:20:05 2014 +0100
@@ -2886,7 +2886,8 @@
 	// 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;
 		}