diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 485fcde9f2ab..8d22c09fd854 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2c554e10e84e958366344aa5bd293c6feea72d89
+refs/heads/master: f88c5b9887a95ce424db629ee79b57f6ef5bfddd
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/smsc911x.c b/trunk/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
index ccdd196f5297..f9cdcbcb77d4 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ static int smsc911x_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	struct net_device *dev = pdata->dev;
 	int npackets = 0;
 
-	while (likely(netif_running(dev)) && (npackets < budget)) {
+	while (npackets < budget) {
 		unsigned int pktlength;
 		unsigned int pktwords;
 		struct sk_buff *skb;