diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a899f53419f4..2443cd9431da 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 43cb76d91ee85f579a69d42bc8efc08bac560278
+refs/heads/master: 717e48c29d9a58f4d31c1651bec364212da5f6b2
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/base/core.c b/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
index 67b79a7592a9..36eedfdeb547 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1004,10 +1004,6 @@ int device_move(struct device *dev, struct device *new_parent)
 	if (!dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!device_is_registered(dev)) {
-		error = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
 	new_parent = get_device(new_parent);
 	if (!new_parent) {
 		error = -EINVAL;