diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 35e02c2ca55b..ea513e4cd8aa 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fd63836811d6e5b5f5f608abf865bc9e91762c8c
+refs/heads/master: c98b2cc29af8e84e7364b53e9bb4cc7cfaf62555
diff --git a/trunk/block/blk-ioc.c b/trunk/block/blk-ioc.c
index 33fae7df16a0..27a06e00eaec 100644
--- a/trunk/block/blk-ioc.c
+++ b/trunk/block/blk-ioc.c
@@ -230,9 +230,6 @@ void exit_io_context(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	struct io_context *ioc;
 
-	/* PF_EXITING prevents new io_context from being attached to @task */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!(current->flags & PF_EXITING));
-
 	task_lock(task);
 	ioc = task->io_context;
 	task->io_context = NULL;