diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c68d4f5745fe..dc259228059c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 878ae1274944908e1863b06b03a2c94907afaa20
+refs/heads/master: b329becfc78b180d5c422c9cb24a6ab378603305
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/misc.c b/trunk/drivers/char/misc.c
index cd650ca8c679..abdafd488980 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc)
 {
 	int i = DYNAMIC_MINORS - misc->minor - 1;
 
-	if (list_empty(&misc->list))
+	if (WARN_ON(list_empty(&misc->list)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);