diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6bed0b3b4f8d..3c5a27fb8840 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: da5ef6bb96158b0fc0d808704237a453af449124
+refs/heads/master: 4b7a1304267bff68260ae861784b27130e805be3
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c b/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c
index dbd8398ddb0b..17f53266fb67 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -856,11 +856,10 @@ sys_timer_delete(timer_t timer_id)
 	 * This keeps any tasks waiting on the spin lock from thinking
 	 * they got something (see the lock code above).
 	 */
-	if (timer->it_process) {
-		if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
-			put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
-		timer->it_process = NULL;
-	}
+	if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
+		put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
+	timer->it_process = NULL;
+
 	unlock_timer(timer, flags);
 	release_posix_timer(timer, IT_ID_SET);
 	return 0;
@@ -885,11 +884,10 @@ static void itimer_delete(struct k_itimer *timer)
 	 * This keeps any tasks waiting on the spin lock from thinking
 	 * they got something (see the lock code above).
 	 */
-	if (timer->it_process) {
-		if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
-			put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
-		timer->it_process = NULL;
-	}
+	if (timer->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
+		put_task_struct(timer->it_process);
+	timer->it_process = NULL;
+
 	unlock_timer(timer, flags);
 	release_posix_timer(timer, IT_ID_SET);
 }