--- drivers/net/ewrk3.c.orig	2003-05-13 13:51:55.000000000 -0500
+++ drivers/net/ewrk3.c	2003-05-13 13:54:55.000000000 -0500
@@ -1968,7 +1968,10 @@
 	case EWRK3_GET_STATS: { /* Get the driver statistics */
 		struct ewrk3_stats *tmp_stats =
         		kmalloc(sizeof(lp->pktStats), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!tmp_stats) return -ENOMEM;
+		if (!tmp_stats) {
+			status = -ENOMEM;
+			break;
+		}
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&lp->hw_lock, flags);
 		memcpy(tmp_stats, &lp->pktStats, sizeof(lp->pktStats));