diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1ba39faeec83..db1c14b39cad 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c4977f596c5bce4d20fbd22cdb03486112985622
+refs/heads/master: c65fb61b3c92ad8f99f16c7a2c11247bfaf0a1da
diff --git a/trunk/block/as-iosched.c b/trunk/block/as-iosched.c
index 5934c4bfd52a..ef126277b4b3 100644
--- a/trunk/block/as-iosched.c
+++ b/trunk/block/as-iosched.c
@@ -1462,20 +1462,7 @@ static struct elevator_type iosched_as = {
 
 static int __init as_init(void)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = elv_register(&iosched_as);
-	if (!ret) {
-		/*
-		 * don't allow AS to get unregistered, since we would have
-		 * to browse all tasks in the system and release their
-		 * as_io_context first
-		 */
-		__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	return elv_register(&iosched_as);
 }
 
 static void __exit as_exit(void)