diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 609d30c4145e..514bd313b3d0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 94a47f4161798c34bec7718768f72cf16bcfb4f0
+refs/heads/master: d04455fba3777fa5c3963348be76510169bbf4df
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c b/trunk/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
index 3634b5fd7919..7023d77bf380 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
@@ -1239,12 +1239,7 @@ static int au1000_rx(struct net_device *dev)
  */
 static irqreturn_t au1000_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev = (struct net_device *) dev_id;
-
-	if (dev == NULL) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: isr: null dev ptr\n", dev->name);
-		return IRQ_RETVAL(1);
-	}
+	struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
 
 	/* Handle RX interrupts first to minimize chance of overrun */