diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2c418bddb1a4..b35ffdb2baa6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c0a187e12d48235cb8af4cdeff283117ab42bbb2
+refs/heads/master: 1655e3a3dc16e21b60d9950e201b38a9894f1bcf
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 58c5cddf363d..dbddcc2d2c97 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4525,11 +4525,6 @@ int kvm_task_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u16 tss_selector, int reason)
 		kvm_set_rflags(vcpu, eflags & ~X86_EFLAGS_NT);
 	}
 
-	/* set back link to prev task only if NT bit is set in eflags
-	   note that old_tss_sel is not used afetr this point */
-	if (reason != TASK_SWITCH_CALL && reason != TASK_SWITCH_GATE)
-		old_tss_sel = 0xffff;
-
 	/* set back link to prev task only if NT bit is set in eflags
 	   note that old_tss_sel is not used afetr this point */
 	if (reason != TASK_SWITCH_CALL && reason != TASK_SWITCH_GATE)