1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c
index 35448e7c0dd5..cacfee56a0d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_rx.c
@@ -184,10 +184,14 @@ void wl1271_rx(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl1271_fw_status *status)
                 while (pkt_offset < buf_size) {
                         pkt_length = wl1271_rx_get_buf_size(status,
                                         drv_rx_counter);
-                        if (wl1271_rx_handle_data(wl,
-                                        wl->aggr_buf + pkt_offset,
-                                        pkt_length) < 0)
-                                break;
+                        /*
+                         * the handle data call can only fail in memory-outage
+                         * conditions, in that case the received frame will just
+                         * be dropped.
+                         */
+                        wl1271_rx_handle_data(wl,
+                                              wl->aggr_buf + pkt_offset,
+                                              pkt_length);
                         wl->rx_counter++;
                         drv_rx_counter++;
                         drv_rx_counter &= NUM_RX_PKT_DESC_MOD_MASK;