diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 71f55968a404..46b8c731a055 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 46d160ef887963f26fee2df3d3b99eab54637014
+refs/heads/master: 3f87c4239fa1df61beffbee2ca00e8ffbe31a5e3
diff --git a/trunk/net/batman-adv/debugfs.c b/trunk/net/batman-adv/debugfs.c
index 0049837e1f2a..5136d32bc9b9 100644
--- a/trunk/net/batman-adv/debugfs.c
+++ b/trunk/net/batman-adv/debugfs.c
@@ -396,10 +396,8 @@ void batadv_debugfs_init(void)
 
 void batadv_debugfs_destroy(void)
 {
-	if (batadv_debugfs) {
-		debugfs_remove_recursive(batadv_debugfs);
-		batadv_debugfs = NULL;
-	}
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(batadv_debugfs);
+	batadv_debugfs = NULL;
 }
 
 int batadv_debugfs_add_meshif(struct net_device *dev)