diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index acd8ac58eaa8..9a3c891e074d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0bce28b62e1927565566f8a1a7f127d196b87039
+refs/heads/master: c2ec81cb3e9d6cb6d819155883684d94fab005ad
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/connection.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/connection.c
index 6aab802ba99a..ca92ca34261b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/connection.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/hv/connection.c
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ int vmbus_connect(void)
 	struct vmbus_channel_initiate_contact *msg;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	/* Make sure we are not connecting or connected */
-	if (vmbus_connection.conn_state != DISCONNECTED)
-		return -EISCONN;
-
 	/* Initialize the vmbus connection */
 	vmbus_connection.conn_state = CONNECTING;
 	vmbus_connection.work_queue = create_workqueue("hv_vmbus_con");