diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2f260656452a..f7430a8ed97a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 976d534118219b04277fb6cfcdb71607b730746d
+refs/heads/master: 2f8e0b31ad257bca9ff5dda9fdfdcc98d38d97f8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
index 802f5cd4cd16..957d7f3d7ac6 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/lttng/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
@@ -1143,12 +1143,6 @@ void lib_ring_buffer_print_buffer_errors(struct lib_ring_buffer *buf,
 	const struct lib_ring_buffer_config *config = chan->backend.config;
 	unsigned long write_offset, cons_offset;
 
-	/*
-	 * Can be called in the error path of allocation when
-	 * trans_channel_data is not yet set.
-	 */
-	if (!chan)
-		return;
 	/*
 	 * No need to order commit_count, write_offset and cons_offset reads
 	 * because we execute at teardown when no more writer nor reader