diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a42616202702..64b7bc61fbc7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e28634d6b229dec216596298c765c203d6b6fa4c
+refs/heads/master: 9173a88f46bf53e2fa85337563b39e13c43c7f2e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/slip.c b/trunk/drivers/net/slip.c
index d724d47d254f..6f97c5983c55 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/slip.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/slip.c
@@ -726,9 +726,6 @@ static struct slip *sl_alloc(dev_t line)
 	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
 	struct slip       *sl;
 
-	if (slip_devs == NULL)
-		return NULL;	/* Master array missing ! */
-
 	for (i = 0; i < slip_maxdev; i++) {
 		dev = slip_devs[i];
 		if (dev == NULL)