diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9a25661794b6..4d260f2b16fe 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c6fa0b4c4e09a13e034a1c6c542dc2b3539ba1b8
+refs/heads/master: e44fabbe7fbf8c71cd2e7d28078202e557b4e057
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c b/trunk/drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c
index e7e678109500..b28f2ad127d4 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c
@@ -1933,11 +1933,7 @@ static int ene_load_bincode(struct us_data *us, unsigned char flag)
 	kfree(buf);
 
 nofw:
-	if (sd_fw != NULL) {
-		release_firmware(sd_fw);
-		sd_fw = NULL;
-	}
-
+	release_firmware(sd_fw);
 	return result;
 }