diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fb9813b1ff7a..8a8e9ddefd1a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c66fdab64fd791bdd49fed4f5785643251ddf586
+refs/heads/master: 5fc6e9cbce3342379719fc0f8294c45bb888f5cc
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/base/Kconfig b/trunk/drivers/base/Kconfig
index ef38aff737eb..fd96345bc35c 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/trunk/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ config PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD
 
 config FW_LOADER
 	tristate "Userspace firmware loading support" if EMBEDDED
-	depends on HOTPLUG
 	default y
 	---help---
 	  This option is provided for the case where no in-kernel-tree modules