diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bbfe67e662a1..b9c451a3755c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a85990b3b126e4fa443f1cbc18250a92c144ac27
+refs/heads/master: 1ef9eaf2bf8901e92bb931875a5621692c8a0b84
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/params.c b/trunk/kernel/params.c
index b60e2c74b961..be78c904b564 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/params.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/params.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ int parse_args(const char *doing,
 	/* Chew leading spaces */
 	args = skip_spaces(args);
 
-	if (args && *args)
+	if (*args)
 		pr_debug("doing %s, parsing ARGS: '%s'\n", doing, args);
 
 	while (*args) {