diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7afeab8f7027..43e9e147da25 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cf92549f1c95e0b1fd980828c35416dc2e548d2b
+refs/heads/master: 3cc6e78777ae6f577b67e26c76577ef357ac9009
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/trunk/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index ee15c68fb519..3d2884b0a4fc 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -1105,8 +1105,7 @@ static void rproc_fw_config_virtio(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
 		goto out;
 
 out:
-	if (fw)
-		release_firmware(fw);
+	release_firmware(fw);
 	/* allow rproc_unregister() contexts, if any, to proceed */
 	complete_all(&rproc->firmware_loading_complete);
 }