diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0515c9509b13..9eaf17177cbc 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a2765e81d8a58f66e21176ca2a8fd6012b187994
+refs/heads/master: 27907689eedd799a6a0c1a2f18a3563c6e9e9767
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/base/core.c b/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
index b9bb3995db84..e6738bcbe5a9 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -678,8 +678,7 @@ static int device_add_class_symlinks(struct device *dev)
 		if (error)
 			goto out_subsys;
 	}
-	/* only bus-device parents get a "device"-link */
-	if (dev->parent && dev->parent->bus) {
+	if (dev->parent) {
 		error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &dev->parent->kobj,
 					  "device");
 		if (error)