diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b0d10e3fc6e7..a9a78a2bbda2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d7dc6b9c2e8fec9f9d6ebe518918d028a505ef7b
+refs/heads/master: 2e7a35adbb4fdca2e5f2a02791c83704f4b1797f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
index 1c3c5fef9503..2d2955c1925f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <linux/in.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/dmi.h>
 #include <net/arp.h>
 #include <net/route.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
@@ -434,20 +433,6 @@ static void __exit netvsc_drv_exit(void)
 }
 
 
-static const struct dmi_system_id __initconst
-hv_netvsc_dmi_table[] __maybe_unused  = {
-	{
-		.ident = "Hyper-V",
-		.matches = {
-			DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Microsoft Corporation"),
-			DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Virtual Machine"),
-			DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "Virtual Machine"),
-		},
-	},
-	{ },
-};
-MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(dmi, hv_netvsc_dmi_table);
-
 static int __init netvsc_drv_init(void)
 {
 	struct hv_driver *drv = &netvsc_drv;
@@ -455,10 +440,6 @@ static int __init netvsc_drv_init(void)
 
 	pr_info("initializing....");
 
-	if (!dmi_check_system(hv_netvsc_dmi_table))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-
 	/* Callback to client driver to complete the initialization */
 	netvsc_initialize(drv);