diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3a2181ebf6af..ec29caaac32c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0f16cfe39eeef47c91aa3c3bf2b49954d5313a58
+refs/heads/master: 79b80b8a1141ba0605e917a6fc12d44383ab29b8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c b/trunk/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
index 4d421f3f8a7c..aa71f6e72f61 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ struct usb_serial_driver usb_serial_generic_device = {
 	},
 	.id_table =		generic_device_ids,
 	.num_ports =		1,
-	.release =		usb_serial_generic_release,
 	.throttle =		usb_serial_generic_throttle,
 	.unthrottle =		usb_serial_generic_unthrottle,
 	.resume =		usb_serial_generic_resume,
@@ -498,7 +497,3 @@ int usb_serial_generic_resume(struct usb_serial *serial)
 	return c ? -EIO : 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_serial_generic_resume);
-
-void usb_serial_generic_release(struct usb_serial *serial)
-{
-}
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/trunk/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index 569b6792c218..4819fd9a639a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void destroy_serial(struct kref *kref)
 	if (serial->minor != SERIAL_TTY_NO_MINOR)
 		return_serial(serial);
 
-	if (serial->attached)
+	if (serial->attached && serial->type->release)
 		serial->type->release(serial);
 
 	/* Now that nothing is using the ports, they can be freed */
@@ -1305,7 +1305,6 @@ static void fixup_generic(struct usb_serial_driver *device)
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, chars_in_buffer);
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, read_bulk_callback);
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, write_bulk_callback);
-	set_to_generic_if_null(device, release);
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, process_read_urb);
 	set_to_generic_if_null(device, prepare_write_buffer);
 }
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/usb/serial.h b/trunk/include/linux/usb/serial.h
index 437dfd6787f9..3f8f5e3c76d5 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/usb/serial.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/usb/serial.h
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ extern void usb_serial_generic_read_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb);
 extern void usb_serial_generic_write_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb);
 extern void usb_serial_generic_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void usb_serial_generic_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty);
-extern void usb_serial_generic_release(struct usb_serial *serial);
 extern int usb_serial_generic_register(void);
 extern void usb_serial_generic_deregister(void);
 extern int usb_serial_generic_submit_read_urbs(struct usb_serial_port *port,