diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c852be374699..9d8f5e0aebd4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: dbbb24947e1bea5e6034ae2edfbf1be5b8f2b062
+refs/heads/master: 1c863c8bcb653be8e2b17b49b24f752392746ee2
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_phy.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_phy.c
index 2385d04e7487..36534260fae1 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_phy.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_phy.c
@@ -908,9 +908,6 @@ void et1310_phy_init(struct et131x_adapter *etdev)
 {
 	u16 data, index;
 
-	if (etdev == NULL)
-		return;
-
 	/* get the identity (again ?) */
 	et131x_mii_read(etdev, PHY_ID_1, &data);
 	et131x_mii_read(etdev, PHY_ID_2, &data);