diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 49e8703f797d..dfde34b25e6e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bf12a9c1c95e1b0204fc2fc9fe625a056e284f5a
+refs/heads/master: 13eae6a48fc57495eb9e733430b8fc20df7bf415
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/trunk/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 6f64fb2f63d0..4a289711c551 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -321,12 +321,6 @@ static int cdrom_decode_status(ide_drive_t *drive, int good_stat, int *stat_ret)
 	err = ide_read_error(drive);
 	sense_key = err >> 4;
 
-	if (rq == NULL) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "%s: missing rq in %s\n",
-				drive->name, __func__);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
 	ide_debug_log(IDE_DBG_RQ, "stat: 0x%x, good_stat: 0x%x, cmd[0]: 0x%x, "
 				  "rq->cmd_type: 0x%x, err: 0x%x",
 				  stat, good_stat, rq->cmd[0], rq->cmd_type,