--- /dev/null
+--- a/sierra_net.c
++++ b/sierra_net.c
+@@ -858,10 +858,7 @@ static int sierra_net_bind(struct usbnet
+ /* test whether firmware supports DHCP */
+ if (!(status == sizeof(fwattr) && (cpu_to_le16(fwattr) & SWI_GET_FW_ATTR_MASK))) {
+ /* found incompatible firmware version */
+- dev_err(&dev->udev->dev, "Incompatible driver and firmware"
+- " versions\n");
+- kfree(priv);
+- return -ENODEV;
++ dev_err(&dev->udev->dev, "Warning: Firmware does not have DHCP support\n");
+ }
+ /* prepare sync message from template */
+ memcpy(priv->sync_msg, sync_tmplate, sizeof(priv->sync_msg));