diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 290bb9b65c0d..048bc60cce74 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8097110d179b874d91c6495330c2b96c991e8c6e
+refs/heads/master: e2569b7e572c0e6782380b3fdda901deb175d75a
diff --git a/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c b/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c
index 082c31dcfd99..39752cdef6ff 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c
@@ -558,8 +558,6 @@ static struct iosapic_rte_info * __init_refok iosapic_alloc_rte (void)
 	if (!iosapic_kmalloc_ok && list_empty(&free_rte_list)) {
 		rte = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(struct iosapic_rte_info) *
 				    NR_PREALLOCATE_RTE_ENTRIES);
-		if (!rte)
-			return NULL;
 		for (i = 0; i < NR_PREALLOCATE_RTE_ENTRIES; i++, rte++)
 			list_add(&rte->rte_list, &free_rte_list);
 	}