diff -r 6672b86e7b10 -r a0759d0dded4 devices/8139too-2.6.13-ethercat.c
--- a/devices/8139too-2.6.13-ethercat.c	Tue Jun 17 09:44:46 2008 +0000
+++ b/devices/8139too-2.6.13-ethercat.c	Tue Jun 17 10:19:52 2008 +0000
@@ -1069,10 +1069,7 @@
 	/* dev is fully set up and ready to use now */
     
 	// offer device to EtherCAT master module
-	if (ecdev_offer(dev, ec_poll, THIS_MODULE, &tp->ecdev)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Failed to offer device.\n");
-		goto err_out;
-	}
+	tp->ecdev = ecdev_offer(dev, ec_poll, THIS_MODULE);
 
 	if (!tp->ecdev) {
 		DPRINTK("about to register device named %s (%p)...\n", dev->name, dev);