diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3c5a27fb8840..dcae6a7be50d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4b7a1304267bff68260ae861784b27130e805be3
+refs/heads/master: 96347e7759e2e433c427defa0fa1adfc8cce6226
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c b/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c
index 17f53266fb67..9a21681aa80f 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -449,9 +449,6 @@ static void release_posix_timer(struct k_itimer *tmr, int it_id_set)
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idr_lock, flags);
 	}
 	sigqueue_free(tmr->sigq);
-	if (unlikely(tmr->it_process) &&
-	    tmr->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
-		put_task_struct(tmr->it_process);
 	kmem_cache_free(posix_timers_cache, tmr);
 }