diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0553e4f63d2c..ae730fad331a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e01c33b886e7bcf44c8861853fb475efd248053c
+refs/heads/master: a2b9d24eafd4785e5a07924cdb5a37867bda4620
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
index 35ad3d51c726..3060babedaba 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
@@ -968,11 +968,6 @@ static int blkvsc_probe(struct device *device)
 	static int ide1_registered;
 
 
-	if (!storvsc_drv_obj->base.dev_add) {
-		ret = -1;
-		goto Cleanup;
-	}
-
 	blkdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct block_device_context), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!blkdev) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;