diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7218ce7a11f6..36f0823f825b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ca39df6cdfbe2ea210e31117f5d469576cfe9008
+refs/heads/master: 7cf73936fe6bb9b027b75fd8fa3c634fe74843d3
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_HL.c b/trunk/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_HL.c
index e54ea92d107b..435750f664dd 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_HL.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_HL.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ static unsigned int ip6t_hl_target(struct sk_buff **pskb,
 {
 	struct ipv6hdr *ip6h;
 	const struct ip6t_HL_info *info = targinfo;
-	u_int16_t diffs[2];
 	int new_hl;
 
 	if (!skb_make_writable(pskb, (*pskb)->len))
@@ -53,11 +52,8 @@ static unsigned int ip6t_hl_target(struct sk_buff **pskb,
 			break;
 	}
 
-	if (new_hl != ip6h->hop_limit) {
-		diffs[0] = htons(((unsigned)ip6h->hop_limit) << 8) ^ 0xFFFF;
+	if (new_hl != ip6h->hop_limit)
 		ip6h->hop_limit = new_hl;
-		diffs[1] = htons(((unsigned)ip6h->hop_limit) << 8);
-	}
 
 	return IP6T_CONTINUE;
 }