diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b19ee288cb6b..f5da8c92edfe 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: acb15c85de57d81d773b6e4184b7cb143ce83eba
+refs/heads/master: e55ce456155813ca34e105d0e05306edad05cf6e
diff --git a/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S b/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S
index 561b8f1d3bc7..29236f0c62b5 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S
@@ -853,7 +853,6 @@ END(__ia64_init_fpu)
  */
 GLOBAL_ENTRY(ia64_switch_mode_phys)
  {
-	alloc r2=ar.pfs,0,0,0,0
 	rsm psr.i | psr.ic		// disable interrupts and interrupt collection
 	mov r15=ip
  }
@@ -902,7 +901,6 @@ END(ia64_switch_mode_phys)
  */
 GLOBAL_ENTRY(ia64_switch_mode_virt)
  {
-	alloc r2=ar.pfs,0,0,0,0
 	rsm psr.i | psr.ic		// disable interrupts and interrupt collection
 	mov r15=ip
  }