diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3cd1b3d9046d..00397ec79169 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bf60ef96072ebbf768bae1f9ab421ceef5b80676
+refs/heads/master: cfd866f6bd1549fb25f826c469120a8eaee4fc1a
diff --git a/trunk/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c b/trunk/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
index 3544bc157406..05ac8cc975d5 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/microblaze/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 			} else {
 				rval = -EIO;
 			}
-		} else if (addr >= 0 && addr < PT_SIZE && (addr & 0x3) == 0) {
+		} else if (addr < PT_SIZE && (addr & 0x3) == 0) {
 			microblaze_reg_t *reg_addr = reg_save_addr(addr, child);
 			if (request == PTRACE_PEEKUSR)
 				val = *reg_addr;