diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6d01c0c3b225..4c9d66e73250 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a8afca032998850ec63e83d555cdcf0eb5680cd6
+refs/heads/master: 5b11b2e4bdef20e839d90dce96c5bbeafaf9616c
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv6/xfrm6_output.c b/trunk/net/ipv6/xfrm6_output.c
index 4eeff89c1aaa..8755a3079d0f 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv6/xfrm6_output.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv6/xfrm6_output.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int __xfrm6_output(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}
 
-	if ((x && x->props.mode == XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL) &&
+	if (x->props.mode == XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL &&
 	    ((skb->len > mtu && !skb_is_gso(skb)) ||
 		dst_allfrag(skb_dst(skb)))) {
 			return ip6_fragment(skb, x->outer_mode->afinfo->output_finish);