diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7b86fa206277..97389b8d5cfa 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bd8559c38ee5be40ce2c57a80fd3c3e978cca267
+refs/heads/master: 272a3713bb9e302e0455c894c41180a482d2c8a3
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c
index d14cbb3e0ebe..ba330f870679 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86_64/kernel/vsyscall.c
@@ -156,11 +156,13 @@ int __vsyscall(0) vgettimeofday(struct timeval * tv, struct timezone * tz)
  * unlikely */
 time_t __vsyscall(1) vtime(time_t *t)
 {
+	time_t result;
 	if (unlikely(!__vsyscall_gtod_data.sysctl_enabled))
 		return time_syscall(t);
-	else if (t)
-		*t = __vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_tv.tv_sec;
-	return __vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_tv.tv_sec;
+	result = __vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_tv.tv_sec;
+	if (t)
+		*t = result;
+	return result;
 }
 
 /* Fast way to get current CPU and node.