diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8283a0e94fb8..90f98772946f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 22e700502380b80cc81a44e219282762429ebe71
+refs/heads/master: 5e7c001c6279f38b15fef5369496fe1043765727
diff --git a/trunk/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/trunk/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 276131fe56dd..383dd4e82ee1 100644
--- a/trunk/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/trunk/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -472,8 +472,7 @@ static int netlink_release(struct socket *sock)
 				NETLINK_URELEASE, &n);
 	}	
 
-	if (nlk->module)
-		module_put(nlk->module);
+	module_put(nlk->module);
 
 	netlink_table_grab();
 	if (nlk->flags & NETLINK_KERNEL_SOCKET) {