diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 852a3b38e555..9dec013d6a58 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2dd5e42269b6f71db8ca519e401ef1e6615b3705
+refs/heads/master: 5f7702fd737d14de3ed06a94a1655be9d43f7e35
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/trunk/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index 039c0911fa8f..32fea55fac48 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ aoeblk_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
 
-	if (--d->nopen == 0 && !(d->flags & DEVFL_UP)) {
+	if (--d->nopen == 0) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&d->lock, flags);
 		aoecmd_cfg(d->aoemajor, d->aoeminor);
 		return 0;