diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d8415375a0d7..497bff697c6b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 44e1b98f733e48bb781e4229120e1de5e0c9fdbb
+refs/heads/master: ba5101d098d6a8471d1a3147fb610b2ee3dbb397
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/usb.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/usb.c
index 368fc2d42641..d7b562dcebd2 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/usb.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/usb.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static int ar9170_usb_exec_cmd(struct ar9170 *ar, enum ar9170_cmd cmd,
 		goto err_unbuf;
 	}
 
-	if (outlen >= 0 && aru->readlen != outlen) {
+	if (aru->readlen != outlen) {
 		err = -EMSGSIZE;
 		goto err_unbuf;
 	}