1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
index 2bb6da057c40..a14561f40db0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
@@ -494,8 +494,12 @@ static int e1000_get_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
                 for (i = 0; i < last_word - first_word + 1; i++) {
                         ret_val = e1000_read_nvm(hw, first_word + i, 1,
                                                       &eeprom_buff[i]);
-                        if (ret_val)
+                        if (ret_val) {
+                                /* a read error occurred, throw away the
+                                 * result */
+                                memset(eeprom_buff, 0xff, sizeof(eeprom_buff));
                                 break;
+                        }
                 }
         }