https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40952
--- Comment #5 from Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2011-08-24 23:05:19 --- Ok, that fix is committed as caca9510ff4e ("firmware loader: allow builtin firmware load even if usermodehelper is disabled").
Please verify that it does fix it, and close this bug if so.