diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5a24ac292600..2b9f92ffe403 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d39badf05b52f99169b22ce324fd31c8b44a0473
+refs/heads/master: d133ccbdc30c7f86459519cec1126d6473762b10
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/trunk/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index f1c2a2defd70..2c2aef1ae8eb 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ static void write_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg, unsigned int len)
 	int frag, left;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (!np.dev)
-		return;
-
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	for (left = len; left;) {