diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5e94a7de28bd..6a76fd9168b8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3516586a424ea5727be089da6541cbd5644f0497
+refs/heads/master: 72e8264eda02b6ba85a222b9620802ebf23c6a10
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/trunk/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index a740a6950f59..1407eb96f1a4 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -312,19 +312,6 @@ static inline int check_space(struct dm_table *t)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Convert a device path to a dev_t.
- */
-static int lookup_device(const char *path, dev_t *dev)
-{
-	struct block_device *bdev = lookup_bdev(path);
-	if (IS_ERR(bdev))
-		return PTR_ERR(bdev);
-	*dev = bdev->bd_dev;
-	bdput(bdev);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * See if we've already got a device in the list.
  */
@@ -437,8 +424,12 @@ static int __table_get_device(struct dm_table *t, struct dm_target *ti,
 			return -EOVERFLOW;
 	} else {
 		/* convert the path to a device */
-		if ((r = lookup_device(path, &dev)))
-			return r;
+		struct block_device *bdev = lookup_bdev(path);
+
+		if (IS_ERR(bdev))
+			return PTR_ERR(bdev);
+		dev = bdev->bd_dev;
+		bdput(bdev);
 	}
 
 	dd = find_device(&t->devices, dev);