diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ea4a33702154..373192c44615 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 13be1bf1467e3186a4a9d1b1276cc4bd31e472ea
+refs/heads/master: ad0b0822f98ef547e2461ce463e4233bad7848a8
diff --git a/trunk/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c b/trunk/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
index 66f3b48ceafc..e497525bc11b 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
@@ -619,8 +619,7 @@ static int snd_sgio2audio_pcm_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 /* hw_free callback */
 static int snd_sgio2audio_pcm_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
-	if (substream->runtime->dma_area)
-		vfree(substream->runtime->dma_area);
+	vfree(substream->runtime->dma_area);
 	substream->runtime->dma_area = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }