diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2b9aad691625..e9b895697432 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1d1b88dc01e5fd2b3e2abb7aa42d0f1eca4c33ea
+refs/heads/master: 534cc9c165017dd29ae0f4458832893dc8033c6f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
index 98148f3f3c63..40120a242eff 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
@@ -1160,9 +1160,6 @@ static int bnx2i_task_xmit(struct iscsi_task *task)
 	struct bnx2i_cmd *cmd = task->dd_data;
 	struct iscsi_cmd *hdr = (struct iscsi_cmd *) task->hdr;
 
-	if (test_bit(ADAPTER_STATE_LINK_DOWN, &hba->adapter_state))
-		return -ENOTCONN;
-
 	if (!bnx2i_conn->is_bound)
 		return -ENOTCONN;