diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 68dbcb8107d6..a81a7ea8d7d1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 96625a74c7968fdd02476d01579ac826799e4f08
+refs/heads/master: 70ab27ddb7ccb8d42a4e79730be5bcd7939851b6
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
index 054d5231c974..0b402b6f2d26 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
@@ -502,19 +502,6 @@ _ctl_fasync(int fd, struct file *filep, int mode)
 	return fasync_helper(fd, filep, mode, &async_queue);
 }
 
-/**
- * _ctl_release -
- * @inode -
- * @filep -
- *
- * Called when application releases the fasyn callback handler.
- */
-static int
-_ctl_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
-{
-	return fasync_helper(-1, filep, 0, &async_queue);
-}
-
 /**
  * _ctl_poll -
  * @file -
@@ -3233,7 +3220,6 @@ struct device_attribute *mpt3sas_dev_attrs[] = {
 static const struct file_operations ctl_fops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = _ctl_ioctl,
-	.release = _ctl_release,
 	.poll = _ctl_poll,
 	.fasync = _ctl_fasync,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT