diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e99e918f7c2c..f48ae303f762 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0aeb9cac6f8a6fc68acfb07d30b62ad6106a6384
+refs/heads/master: 1b0a0e9a15b976d91f3b5ae619c6a8964c2818eb
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/trunk/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
index 588b44aa1de4..8ffef26ffdcf 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ int cpuidle_enable_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
 	int ret, i;
 	struct cpuidle_driver *drv = cpuidle_get_driver();
 
+	if (!dev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (dev->enabled)
 		return 0;
 	if (!drv || !cpuidle_curr_governor)
@@ -369,8 +372,6 @@ static int __cpuidle_register_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
 	struct device *cpu_dev = get_cpu_device((unsigned long)dev->cpu);
 	struct cpuidle_driver *cpuidle_driver = cpuidle_get_driver();
 
-	if (!dev)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!try_module_get(cpuidle_driver->owner))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -395,6 +396,9 @@ int cpuidle_register_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!dev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	mutex_lock(&cpuidle_lock);
 
 	if ((ret = __cpuidle_register_device(dev))) {